The Lagos State University, LASU, in Ojo, has removed the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor Tajudeen Olumoko.
Olumoko’s removal was connected with a news report on Monday, November 6, that a certificate racketeering syndicate had genuine Lagos State University certificates that anyone interested could purchase for between N2 million and N3 million, depending on the technicality of the course involved.
A senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Dr Abiodun Fatai-Abatan, has been appointed as acting Dean of Student Affairs.
According to a source in the university who pleaded anonymity, he confirmed the removal saying, “Yes, it is true, Olumoko has been removed and Abatan has taken over as DSA. This happened yesterday, (Tuesday, November 7).”
Meanwhile, the Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations, LASU, Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, when asked for the school’s reaction to the removal of Prof Olumoko, said “I can’t say if he has been removed or not. I am not yet in the office. So, I don’t know anything yet.”
The Lagos State House of Assembly had on Tuesday, November 7, said it would invite the Commissioner for Tertiary Education in the state, Tolani Akibu, the Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, the Senate of the tertiary institution and other top staff over allegations of extortion and certificate racketeering levelled against the school recently.
