Campus Gist: Lagos State University dismissed 15 academic staff and two non-academic staff for different acts of misconduct and demoted one academic staff and one non-academic staff.
While an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Kinetics, Sports and Health Education, Dr. John Adeogun, was demoted to the rank of a senior lecturer for acts of dishonesty, which was tantamount to misconduct, the other lecturers were dismissed, including PhD holders and the acting Head, History and International Studies Department. Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu, who was said to have unilaterally altered the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw by the senate of the institution.
The statements of the words said apart from changing the status of the students from "Withdrawn" to "Good standing", Adeyemi-Suenu also awarded 2.0 grade point to two students in an examination from which they were absent, among other offenses.
His actions were said to amount to manipulation of students' results of the service of the university.
Dr. Isaac Oyewunmi of the Department of Human Kinetics, Sports and Health Education, was dismissed for demanding for N50,000 from students on sandwich program to process their results. Olufemi Soyeju of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law was dismissed for defaulting on the conditions of his training leave bond and abandoning his duty post.
Soyeju is also to refund over N7.9m to LASU within 30 days.
Also dismissed for defaulting on the conditions of their training leave bond and abandoning their duty posts, Dr. Olawale Raimi of the Department of Biochemistry, was directed to refund over N1.6m; Dr. Christiana Obagbuwa of the Department of Computer Science is to refund over N8.6m; Dr. Shamisudeen Badmus of the Department of Accounting is to refund over N11.1m, while Dr. Fatimat Bakare of the Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering is to refund over N9.1m, all within 30 days.
Similarly dismissed for the same offence were Emmanuel Asapo of the Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, and was directed to refund over N2.6m; Olubukola Oyeniya, an Assistant Research Fellow at the Center for Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, also to refund N6.1m; Ademola Adesina of the Department of Computer Science, also to refund N6.6m, all within 30 days, while Mr. Lateef Salami of the Department of Microbiology was only dismissed.
Dr. Adebowale Ademeso of the Department of Theater Arts and Music was dismissed for altering grades in 16 courses, Dr. Olugbenro Odofin of the Department of Education Foundation and Counseling Psychology was also dismissed for altering 118 students' results and awarding scores to students who did not sit for the examination in a certain course.
Dr. Scholastica Udegbe of the Department of Marketing was dismissed for effecting corrections on 1995 results of the students during her tenure as the acting head of the department between August 2012 and July 2016, in a breach of laid down procedure, while Mr. Olatoye Raji of the Department of Religions was dismissed for falsifying his O'level certificate.
Mr. Ernest Odili, an Assistant Security Officer, was dismissed for illegally collecting N1.2m with the intention of upgrading the result of a student in 2012, while Mr. Ramon Alli, former Head Machine Operator, was dismissed for collecting N20,000, from one Achilike Kingsley to assist the latter substitute the falsified result in his personal file with another result.
When corresponded contact with one of the sacked lecturers, Oyewunmi, of the Department of Human Kinetics, Sports and Health Education, he declined commenting on the sacking.
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