The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, has kicked against the mode of operation of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who raided some private hostels of its students located outside the University campus in the wee hours of Wednesday.
The university, which said that the operatives barged in around 2am on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, and violently woke up sleeping students and treated them most unfairly in the course of the operation, however, noted that that it was in contact with EFCC to profile those arrested in the dawn operation in order to determine their actual identities and status.
In a statement issued by the Director of Corporate Communication, FUTA, Adegbenro Adebanjo, he said the profiling will help the management to ascertain the identities of those arrested and validate their studentship and equally ensure that innocent FUTA students were not punished for offences they have not committed.
While noting that the operatives of EFCC did not invade FUTA premises as being speculated, Adegbenro disclosed that “there was no operation whatsoever within the hostels or precincts of the University. The incident in question happened in private hostels off campus.”
He said, “The University expresses strong reservation about the timing and mode of the operation said to have taken place around 2AM on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
“Reports indicate that the operatives barged in and violently woke sleeping students and treated them most unfairly in the course of the operation.
