Prof. Simeon Bamire, Obafemi Awolowo University’s (OAU) Vice Chancellor, has thanked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the quick profiling and release of the school’s detained students.
EFCC officials raided hostels at Oduduwa estate, Ile-Ife where they apprehended 69 university students in the early hours of Wednesday.
The students were taken to the Ibadan Zonal office of the Commission.
The school’s management, parents of the affected, and concerned guardians worked towards and secured the release of 59 students on Wednesday.
The OAU Vice-Chancellor on Thursday commended the EFCC officials through a statement signed by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju.
The statement partly read, “After a spirited effort by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, which sent representatives to the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to intervene in the case of arrested students, the EFCC has released 59 of the students.
“While thanking the officials of the EFCC for the quick profiling and eventual release of the students in less than 24 hours, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof 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 around their affected colleagues for being their brothers’ keepers without being violent nor exhibiting any act of vandalism.”