May 28, 2025
By Ayinde Adeleke
The Lagos State University (LASU) management has removed Professor O.T.F. Abanikanda as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture following allegations of degrading and inhumane treatment of students.
Dr. Oladele Ojuromi has taken over as the new Dean.
Students are celebrating the development, with one student saying, “After TIB’s intervention in the ongoing LASU crisis, the management relieved Prof. O.T.F. Abanikanda of his duty and appointed Dr. Oladele Ojuromi as the new Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture.”
The removal follows concerns raised by the Take-It-Back (TIB) Movement about harsh conditions students faced while living and working on the university’s school farm. Students were allegedly forced to live in “prison-like” makeshift shelters for over a month, denied hostel access, and subjected to intense manual labor under threat of failure.
A university source revealed, “These are his project students, and that’s where they have been sleeping for over one month.
“He said they must not go to their hostels—that they will remain there until they are done with their project, which might be till November or December.”
