OAU Apologieses For Lecturer’s Assault On Student

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has apologised to the public, particularly its alumni, over the alleged assault on a male student of the university by a lecturer.

CAMAA MEDIA reports that on Wednesday, the victim identified simply as Gift, who is a 200-level student at the university, suddenly dashed into a lecture room where the lecturer, identified simply as Dr Ariyo, was conducting a class.

Sources on the campus disclosed that Gift was said to have mistaken the class for where he was to take a lecture and upon realising this, he quickly attempted to exit the class when the lecturer called him back.

In one of the videos of the incident that circulated online, the student was seen struggling with a man said to be a security official.

The student was also seen attempting to press his phone when the lecturer shouted, “Don’t call anybody! Switch off that phone! You can’t be more than me, even if you’re the VC’s son, I won’t take this from you. Switch off the phone!”

“What did I do?” the student, Gift, was heard saying.

After some seconds, the man said to be the lecturer was seen struggling to take the phone from the student whose back was already on the wall. He was subsequently seen throwing a punch at the student afterwards as other students watched in amazement.