Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has declared that he is still at the helm of affairs at the institution.
This comes shortly after UNILAG Governing Council in a meeting in Abuja announced that Ogundipe has been removed as the VC.
The meeting was presided over by the university’s pro-chancellor and chairman of the council, Wale Babalakin (SAN).
Seven members voted for the removal of Ogundipe while four voted against. One of the members voted that he should rather be placed on suspension.
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However, Ogundipe in a statement said his removal is untrue and should be disregarded.
The statement titled: “Notice to the General Public on the Removal of the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos by Oladejo Azeez, Esq” reads:
The attention of the University of Lagos (Unilag) management has been drawn to the ‘Notice to the General Public on the Removal of the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos’; dated August 12, 2020 and signed by Oladejo Azeez, Esq, Registrar and Secretary to Council, stating that the current Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS has been removed from office with immediate effect.
The purported removal is an illegality and cannot stand as it is clear violation of the University of Lagos Act, as amended. Assuming without conceding, that the purported removal is true, the extant provisions of the law have not been compiled with.
Therefore, stakeholders of UNILAG and the general public are advised to disregard this mischievous disinformation about the sitting Vice Chancellor of Unilag, contained in that notice. Professor Ogundipe still remains UNILAG’s Vice Chancellor.
