OAU students Union demands reinstatement of suspended students

The Students Union of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State yesterday demanded unconditional reinstatement of some of the students of the institution who were suspended by the management recently.

The President of OAU Students Union, Comrade Ibukun Oyekan made the demand while addressing a press conference at the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Osogbo, capital of Osun state on Monday.

Oyekan read a press statement signed by himself and the secretary of the union, Boluwajaiye Adeoluwa and Public Relation Officer, Okediji Simon in which the union appealed to the OAU management to reinstate the suspended students to avoid crisis on the campus.

According to the statement, "The leadership of Obafemi Awolowo University Students' Union and the entire students of the University hereby use this medium to vehemently condemn the illegal and unjustifiable suspension of four undergraduate and two postgraduate students respectively by the OAU Management.

"We use this medium to debunk lies and subterfuges that have been made against our members. It must be clearly asserted at this point in time that students only embarked on a peaceful protest and what followed was their indefinite suspension from the University. The Union hereby demand immediate and unconditional reinstatement of these students.”