Mock Coffin of Research Institute Boss Buried in Protest at OAU

Staff of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, (IAR&T), Apata, Ibadan, a campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife trooped out en-masse Monday in a peaceful demonstration against their Executive Director, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede over allegation of embezzlement totaling N192. 5million.

The protest was organized by four unions of the institution namely: Non-Academic Staff Union, (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospitals Research Institute and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) and National Association of Academic Tecthnologists (NAAT).

Giving the four unions support were members of Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) led by the institution’s ASUU chairperson, Dr. (Mrs.) O.T. Ande.