The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture,Olusola Oyewole,as well as the school’s Pro-Chancellor, Adeseye Ogunlewe, have been arraigned in court on an 18-count charge of financial malpractices.
The two officials were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, alongside the institution’s bursar, Moses Ilesanmi.
The three suspects were driven to the court by EFCC operatives in a Nissan Urvan bus.
They were docked at High Court 6 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for alleged misappropriation of N800 million.
The judge, O.O Majekodunmi, stepped down the matter briefly for the counsels to resolve their differences over service.
More details later.
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