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The Rector of Oke Ogun Polytechnic in Oyo State, Mr Mathew Oladeji, has been suspended alongside some principal officers of the institution over alleged gross misconducts.
In a letter sent to the governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi, by the governing council of the institution through the the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof Adeniyi Olowofela, the Council revealed that the affected personnels had been queried over “series of allegations of fraudulent practices and gross misconduct.”
The suspension order was contained in a memo signed by Prof. Moshood Tijani, the Chairman, Governing Council of the institution.
The governing council had earlier constituted a 5-man investigation panel at one of its meetings to give the concerned officers fair hearing.
According to Daily Trust, the report partly reads: “in line with the disciplinary procedure of the Institution as highlighted in the Institution’s Edict; Part 8, Sub-section 28 (3 &4), Mr M. Oladeji led substantive management (i.e. the Principal Officers) have been placed on suspension pending the final determination of the investigation”.
But, reacting to the suspension order, Oladeji in a telephone chat, said, “I have not received such a letter. I’m on leave.”