subheads of the institution to
finance their personal pockets.
Barring any last minute change in
plan, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the
embattled Vice Chancellor of the Federal
University of Akure (FUTA), Adebiyi Daramola,
and the Bursar, Emmanuel Ademola Oresegun, at
a Federal High Court in Akure.
SaharaReporters learned on Monday
that EFCC officials have arrived in Akure, the
Ondo State
capital, on a mission to drag the
embattled Vice Chancellor before the Federal
High Court there by Tuesday morning.
Mr. Daramola and Mr. Oresegun have
been accused of diverting funds from various
related
subheads of the institution to
finance their personal pockets. The embattled VC has specifically been accused of withdrawing furniture allowances annually and paying himself a housing fund while residing in the Vice Chancellor's quarters, actions that violate the university’s
rules.
A top staff of the university
disclosed to our correspondent on Monday that
the anti-graft agency has gathered enough
evidence against Mr. Daramola over an alleged
financial misappropriation of the
institution's funds. The source, who pleaded
anonymity, confirmed
that the anti-graft agency has
completed its investigation of the case.
“I
am aware that the EFCC officials, with some of
their lawyers, have arrived in Akure and they
are prepared to charge the Vice
Chancellor (Adebiyi Daramola) and the Bursar
(Emmanuel Oresegun) in court unfailing
tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Federal High court.
"I just left the police
headquarters of the SIB in Akure where the VC
and Bursar have been detained on the
instructions of the EFCC and am sure details
of this will be revealed to you later," the
source said.
It would be recalled that Mr.
Daramola was arrested by the anti-graft agency
following various petitions over his alleged
financial mismanagement at FUTA.
Both Mr. Daramola and Mr. Oresegun
have been regular visitors to the Iyagankun
office of the EFCC in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital, to explain allegations against them.
Since the discovery of the
misappropriation, union leaders from the Senior
Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities
(SSANU), National Association of Academics
Technologists (NAATs)
and the Non-Academic Staff Union
(NASU) have called for the removal of the Vice
Chancellor.
The scandal has led to a series of
protests on the campus of the institution,
with one side led
by union leaders and the other by
the management team loyal to the embattled
Vice Chancellor.
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