How We Secured Release Of 59 OAU Students From EFCC – Management

The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has disclosed that it has successfully secured the release of 59 students out of 69 who were arrested by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Recall that the students were arrested by the EFCC earlier on Wednesday in a midnight raid on hostels outside the campus.

However, in a release on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that apart from parents and guardians who came to secure the bail for their children and wards, the management of OAU secured the release of the remaining students.

While thanking the officials of the EFCC for the quick profiling and eventual release of the students in less than twenty four hours, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Simeon BAMIRE urged the EFCC to partner with the management of various Institutions of higher learning to organise workshops for students across Faculties to sensitise the students about the danger of financial crimes and cyber criminalities.

The Vice Chancellor, therefore, appealed to students who were victims of the raid to put the experience behind them and move on with their lives. He lauded other students who rallied round their affected colleagues for being their brothers’ keepers without being violent nor exhibiting any act of vandalism.