ASUU declares UNILORIN a terrorist organisation

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared University of Ilorin a terrorist organization.

The declaration came after the University ASUU Chairman, Dr. Kayode Afolayan was reportedly sacked for allegedly exposing the corrupt practices of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali.

In a letter signed on behalf of ASUU by Dr. Ayodeji Omole and Dr. Ade Adejumo, the chairman of the University of Ibadan and the Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Ibadan Zone respectively, the union said Unilorin under Ambali devised all means to suppress legitimate industrial activities in order to avoid exposure of his misdeeds.

"Indeed, the university prides itself in its ability to kill off (members of) staff and students that are connected in any way to ASUU leadership. This hate crime on the part of the university is usually carried out under the guise of uninterrupted academic calendar. Yet, many universities have also maintained a stable academic calendar without destroying union members or their careers. To all intents and purposes, Unilorin has become a terrorist organisation as far as industrial relation is concerned, the statement reads in part.

The Union in the letter also accused the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Amabali of smuggling his wife, Dr Taiwo Toyin Ambali into the university and promoted her without following the due process.

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“Prof Ambali took all these to an unprecedented height when in 2015, he smuggled his wife, Dr. Taiwo Ambali, into the university through the temporary appointment route as Lecturer 1. By 2016, less than one year later, she had been promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer, when the regulation specifies at least three years before such a promotion could take place"

Prior to the ASUU declaration of the institution as a terrorist organization, the university had been on Tuesday, September 19 reported as the most subscribed university in Nigeria for four consecutive years.