The Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Wednesday removed Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor of the institution.
Professor Ogundipe was removed following the council’s meeting held at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission, Abuja.
The meeting was presided over by its Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN).
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11 of the 12 council members at the meeting were said to have voted for the removal of Prof. Ogundipe.
He was accused of financial impropriety and gross misconduct.
Mikhail Mumuni, the media adviser to the chairman of the governing council, Wale Babalakin, confirmed the development to pressmen.
The conflict between the university’s governing council and the management escalated in March when its week-long 2020 convocation was abruptly cancelled just before it started.
The cancellation, which was ordered by the NUC, Nigerian universities’ regulatory body, was in response to a directive by the education minister, Adamu Adamu.
Mr Adamu gave the directive in response to a letter written to the vice-chancellor by the council chairman, accusing Mr Ogundipe of failing to share important details about the ceremony with the council.
The exchanges between the two officials were condemned by relevant stakeholders, including graduands, parents, the alumni, and staff.
Fresh plans were still being made to reconvene the ceremony when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived to further keep the annual programme in abeyance.
