The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has suspended two students over allegations that they engaged in cyberbullying against the institution’s suspended Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, James Iyanuoluwa Adio.
This was disclosed in a statement published on the university’s official news portal on Friday night, and signed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Tajudeen Opoola, who is currently serving as the Acting Vice-Chancellor.
The two students, identified as Alao Iyanuoluwa Odunayo and Olawale Abiodun Samuel, were accused of conspiring to cyberbully Adio “by posting his private affairs online for Adio’s inability to meet their financial demands.”
The university management stated that while investigations into the allegations were still ongoing, the two students had been directed to begin their suspension immediately. It added that the institution remained committed to eliminating any conduct capable of damaging its reputation.
The statement said:
Management of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has suspended two students of the institution with immediate effect for allegedly cyberbullying an embattled students’ Union leader, James Iyanuoluwa Adio.
The two suspended students- Alao Iyanuoluwa Odunayo and Olawale Abiodun Samuel were said to have consipred to cyberbully Adio by posting his private affairs online for Adio’s inability to meet their financial demands.
In a release signed by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Tajudeen Opoola, who is the Acting Vice Chancellor, the management frowned at the involvement of the two students in denting the image of the university.
While investigation into the matter continues, the management ordered the two students to immediately proceed on suspension, pointing out that university is poised to purge the institution of all behaviour capable of denting the image of FUOYE.
Adio was reportedly suspended by the university last week alongside the Deputy Director, Students Affairs, over allegations bordering on extortion.
He was accused of having an indirect role in the alleged illegal collection of ₦1,000 from first-year students for practical sessions, with reports claiming that ₦700,000 was traced to his personal bank account.
His suspension was followed by the circulation of an explicit video allegedly involving him, which trended widely on social media and drew the intervention of the National Association of Nigerian Students.
His suspension was later followed by the circulation of an explicit video involving him, which went viral on social media.