The management of Federal University Oye Ekiti has described as untrue reports on some platforms that the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, who served as the Chief Returning Officer for the recently concluded Osun State governorship election, was arrested and detained by the police in Abuja.
FUOYE Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Dr Sunday Saanu, said the reports of arrest and detention “are entirely false, baseless, and deliberately fabricated.”
Saanu said in a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday that “Prof Ogunwole has not been arrested, detained, or invited by the police or any other security agency in connection with his official duties as Returning Officer or for any other reason.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, the substantive VC of FUOYE, successfully discharged his responsibilities as the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the Osun State governorship election.
“In that capacity, he declared the incumbent governor, Mr Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the election, following the conclusion of the process.”
The university management, which stated that “at no point has he (VC) been in the custody of any security agency,” urged members of the public to disregard the false reports in their entirety and to treat all unverified social media claims with the highest level of caution.
