Thugs Sacks Kogi Poly Governing Council Meeting Over Rector’s Reappointment
Thugs allegedly loyal to the rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Mr Isah Mohammed invaded the main campus of the institution in Lokoja in the early hours of Monday and prevented the Governing Council from sitting.
The Council, who later moved to an undisclosed venue for their meeting, invited the men of the Nigerian Police force to dislodge the invaders who were armed with dangerous weapons and took positions at strategic locations chanting war songs.
The thugs numbering over fifty were alleged to be have been hired from the central senatorial district of the state on the order of the rector to prevent the Governing Council from taking actions against his reappointment bid.
It was gathered that the Governing Council, which has been inundated with plethora of complaints against the rector’s candidature, may have foreclosed his reappointment and was to use the meeting to advertise for his replacement even as his first tenure expired this week.
According to an impeccable source, the rector who had been accused of incompetence and highhandedness, had been using students and stooges within the institution to organise protests and even endorsed his eligibility on a paid radio advertisement.
The source who craved anonymity, stated that when the Rector got the wind of the position of the Governing Council against his eligibility for second term, he decided to bring in thugs and street urchins to wreck havoc on the members of the Governing Councils who swiftly brought in the law enforcement agents to bring the situation under control.
He noted that the 27-year old Polytechnic have been turned into a theater of war under the administration of Isah Mohammed who has been boasting that his kinsman, the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello would stop at nothing to extend his tenure for the second term.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Luke Tijani confirmed the development, but said the tension was as a result of the expiration of the tenure of the rector Isah Mohammed.
It would be recalled that sometimes in July, the Polytechnic was turned to war of posters and flyers which were circulated by the groups that were against the rector, asking the governor and visitor to the school, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, not to reappoint him for his high handedness and lack of knowledge in the Polytechnic’s administration.
The source said majority of those clamouring for a change in the school were members of staff who felt that the institution did not witness development in the first four years of of the rector.
The argument of the antagonists of the rector was that there was the need to raise the bar in the institution to compete favourably with its peers in the country.
The president of the National Association of Kogi State Students (NAKOSS), Kogi State PPolytechnic chapter, Usman Attaja, confirmed the poster war on the campus.
All attempt to reach the Kogi state police command Public Relations Officer, William Aya through his cellphone proved abortive.
(KOGI REPORTS)
The Council, who later moved to an undisclosed venue for their meeting, invited the men of the Nigerian Police force to dislodge the invaders who were armed with dangerous weapons and took positions at strategic locations chanting war songs.
The thugs numbering over fifty were alleged to be have been hired from the central senatorial district of the state on the order of the rector to prevent the Governing Council from taking actions against his reappointment bid.
It was gathered that the Governing Council, which has been inundated with plethora of complaints against the rector’s candidature, may have foreclosed his reappointment and was to use the meeting to advertise for his replacement even as his first tenure expired this week.
According to an impeccable source, the rector who had been accused of incompetence and highhandedness, had been using students and stooges within the institution to organise protests and even endorsed his eligibility on a paid radio advertisement.
The source who craved anonymity, stated that when the Rector got the wind of the position of the Governing Council against his eligibility for second term, he decided to bring in thugs and street urchins to wreck havoc on the members of the Governing Councils who swiftly brought in the law enforcement agents to bring the situation under control.
He noted that the 27-year old Polytechnic have been turned into a theater of war under the administration of Isah Mohammed who has been boasting that his kinsman, the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello would stop at nothing to extend his tenure for the second term.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Luke Tijani confirmed the development, but said the tension was as a result of the expiration of the tenure of the rector Isah Mohammed.
It would be recalled that sometimes in July, the Polytechnic was turned to war of posters and flyers which were circulated by the groups that were against the rector, asking the governor and visitor to the school, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, not to reappoint him for his high handedness and lack of knowledge in the Polytechnic’s administration.
The source said majority of those clamouring for a change in the school were members of staff who felt that the institution did not witness development in the first four years of of the rector.
The argument of the antagonists of the rector was that there was the need to raise the bar in the institution to compete favourably with its peers in the country.
The president of the National Association of Kogi State Students (NAKOSS), Kogi State PPolytechnic chapter, Usman Attaja, confirmed the poster war on the campus.
All attempt to reach the Kogi state police command Public Relations Officer, William Aya through his cellphone proved abortive.
(KOGI REPORTS)
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