The members of the Academic Staff Union Universities, ASUU, of the
University of Benin Chapter are protesting against the action of the
State Government to demolish the buildings in the Staff Quarters of the
institution which according to information was a government reservation
given to the institution by then Mid-West Governor of Bendel, Brigadier
General Samuel Ogbemudia.
It was learnt that the immediate past
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Osayuki Oshodin was sent
packing at about 6pm on 7th January, 2015 when the demolition squad
pulled down part of the building in the official residence that he was
occupying.
The Edo state government and the University of Benin
had been locked in a legal battle over the ownership of the said
properties.
Commenting on this, the Edo state Chairman of ASUU, Dr Anthony Monye Emima, frowned at the action of the state government.
According
to him “The University has appealed the court ruling the judgment and
hearing was fixed for this January but because of the strike by judicial
strike and even with the stay of execution they refused to obey. The
government is in a hurry probably because they have shared the
properties among themselves and the people to whom they have shared
these properties are itching to take possession but rather than do this
in civilized and proper manner they are resorting to thuggery.
Reacting
to this, the Edo state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General,
Hon Henry Idahagbon, said “we did not demolish UNIBEN properties, we
only took possession of Edo state government properties based on a court
judgment of December 18, 2014.
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