Education
Court delivers judgement on UNILAG crisis

A sitting in National Industrial Court, Lagos has struck out two cases in respect of the crisis saga in the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Justice Jeremiah Essien struck out the cases on Tuesday following the official withdrawal of the applications filed by lawyers in relation to the troubles.
One of the suits was filed by Professor Olutoyin Ogundipe to challenge his removal as the vice-chancellor by the Governing Council under the chairmanship of Dr. Wale Babalakin – a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
The other case was filed by the Senate of the university to challenge Professor Ogundipe’s removal and his replacement with Professor Theophilus Soyombo by the governing council.
In the first case, Professor Ogundipe’s lawyers, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), said to the court that their client had filed a notice of discontinuance.
The lawyers also drew the attention of the court to certain news reports in the media which falsely indicated that the court sat last week Friday and refused an ex-parte application filed by Professor Ogundipe.
However, Justice Essien dismissed the news and said that since he did not officially sit on the case, such a report must be part of the falseful news menace the nation is currently facing.
Professor Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), who represented the university’s Senate, also applied for the withdrawal of the suit filed by the Senate.
There was no objection to the withdrawal of both suits by Mr Tola Oshobi (SAN), who represented Dr Babalakin in both cases.
Following the applications for withdrawal, Justice Essien struck out the suits.
He encouraged authorities of the institution to resolve the raging controversy amicably, stressing that such was not good for the image of a university.
The judge also said he was glad that the parties elected to withdraw the suit, thereby saving him from having to make pronouncements.
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