FUNAAB VC And Bursar Officer Arrested By EFCC Over Corruption

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture,(FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Prof Olusola Oyewole, alongside the Institution Bursar,
Moses Ilesanmi were invited for questioning based on allegations of corruption levelled against them.

The allegation is based on unbriddled corruption and betrayal of public trust.

“The university officials were told to come along with certified true copies of documents including those of capital projects executed in
their tenure.”

While Mr. Oyewole, a Professor of Food Science and Technology, was appointed in 2012, Mr.Ilesanmi was appointed in September 2011 and
is scheduled to leave office in a month.

The EFCC is also investigating payments made by the university to the governing council of the institution led by a former senator, Adeseye Ogunlewe.

The invited officials were asked to come with records of all payments made to Mr. Ogunlewe and other members of the governing council
since their appointment in 2013.

Mr. Ogunlewe, who represented Lagos State in the Senate, was appointed pro-chancellor of
the university by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

An internal sources in the institution further revealed that the duo are being investigated for spending over 250 million Naira for allowances in four years in a university that is crying out for lack of funds for the primary mandate of teaching, research and extension services.

The source further said that: “In the same period of four years,the Vice-Chancellor has gotten approvals cumulating to almost N100
million for spurious allowances which run contrary to government directives on payment of salaries, emoluments and allowances for
public officers.

“A situation where the university has palatial vice chancellors lodge, yet collects huge allowances running into tens of millions for
same.

Furniture allowance is to be received only once in the term of the
office holder but the Vice Chancellor of FUNAAB collects furniture allowances annually.”

As at the time of filling this report, the duo are still been detain in the EFCC office and are yet to be released.

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