UI VCship: 330 Members Boycott Senate Election

The process for the selection of the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan suffered another setback as the majority of members of the institution’s Senate boycotted the election held on Wednesday evening .

This blog had earlier reported that on Wednesday morning that following a letter from the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu to the chairman of the institution’s governing council chairman, an order was given for ongoing selection process to be halted.

However, rather than allow the council members deliberate and take steps on the order the Vice Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka after an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening ordered the election of two senate representative members .

This, AIBNETWORK understands, is against due process as the mandate to start the process all over was given to the governing council. The Minister also explicitly warned that the VC, Olayinka should stay away from the process over multiple allegations that he is scheming to impose his deputy, Kayode Adebowale as his successor.

The election which was held yesterday at Tranchard Hall where security was beefed up suffered its first setback when four members of the governing council staged a walkout over out its credibility.

A break down of the election held on Wednesday obtained exclusively by this newspaper showed that only 309 out of the 639 members of the Senate voted indicating that 330 senate members abstained from the election.

The only three individuals who contested for the two selection committee seat Professors Olapegba, Ayoola and Akinsola polled 303, 299, and 17 votes. A voter has two two votes.

This blog recalls that the three individuals have been alleged to be working as agents of the Vice Chancellor.

However, despite the election of the two senate representatives, the process has suffered a setback .

In an internal memo circulated on Tuesday sighted by this blog, the plan was to invite all aspirants for the VC seat today (Thursday) but this will no longer stand as the governing council has fixed its next general meeting for Monday, November 30.