The leadership of the National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS) and the Special Assistant to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Youths and Students’ Affairs, Olamide George are at loggerheads over an alleged assault on some student executives.
The alleged attack was hinged on the non-partisan posture of the association.
The association said its National Public Relations Officer, Comrade Irinsanmi Kelly Kehinde, and Director of Sports, Comrade Ogunboye Iyanu, were allegedly manhandled by George last Monday along Oyemekun road, Akure.
At a news conference yesterday in Akure, the state capital, the Director of Special Duties of the students’ body, Comrade Arosoye Ayokunle, said that trouble ensued when the president of the association, Comrade Oguntoyinbo Victor, was suspended from office following a series of allegations levelled against him.
According to him: “On Sunday, December 18, 2011, the executive arm of the National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS) held a meeting to deliberate on the activities for the next year and address the various allegations that were leveled against the president, Oguntoyinbo Victor.
“The allegations were misrepresentation of the association, maladministration, misappropriation of resources, racketeering and gross constitutional misconduct.
“After so much deliberation, comments and reactions, the president was suspended and a three-man committee was set up to investigate the charges.
“The suspended president swiftly reported to the Special Assistant[SA] to Governor on Youths and Students’ Affairs,Olamide George, who mobilized thugs and attacked our members”.
He further said:”It is on this note that we want justice to be done and the faces of these evil perpetrators to be brought to book in order to make Ondo State worthwhile and violence-free. It is not in doubt that George and his allies are against the existence of peace in the students’ community and the state.”
Reacting, George told The Nation that the allegations were unfounded, stressing that the decision to suspend the president was that of the student executives.
He said: ”NAOSS affairs are not my concern at all. The bottomline of the whole issue is that some of the student leaders are being sponsored by a particular opposition group”.
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