Wike Sacks Vice Chancellor

Omotayo Yusuf

The vice chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University, Professor Rosamund Osahagulu has been sacked by the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike few weeks after her abduction and release, PM News reports.

The sack was issued On Thursday, August 20 with immediate effect and the dismissal is suspected to be a result of the mystery that has shrouded the VC’s alleged kidnap.

Mr Kie Obumanu, director of media and publicity in the office of the secretary to the state government signed a statement which ordered professor Osahagulu to proceed on compulsory leave and hand over to the deputy vice chancellor. The reason for her forced exit was not provided.

The Vice chancellor was abducted on Saturday, June 20 by gunmen as she was leaving the school campus and was released six days later on Friday, June 26 but security had been investigating the circumstances of her disappearance since then.

A fortnight after her release, her husband, Professor Joshua Osahagulu was given a three month suspension for alleged conspiracy in the kidnap of his wife by the university management.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) however called on the school management to reverse the suspension as there was no evidence that he had a hand in the kidnap.

“We are aware that he has been suspended without thorough investigation. We are calling on the university management to reverse the suspension,” ASUU had said.

In another development, Dr. Felicia Eze, an academic staff at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, was abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.