BREAKING: EFCC arraigns former OAU's VC Elujoba for corruption

EFCC, The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arraigned Prof .
Anthony Elujoba, a former
Acting Vice- Chancellor of the Obafemi
Awolowo University , Ile Ife,  before an Osun State
High Court in Ede for corruption.

This followed the charges raised against him for the
disbursement of over N1 billion to pay
workers in the institution.

Meanwhile, the case is still ongoing with workers of
the institution chanting Elujoba ’s
name right inside the court while his counsel was applying for his bail.

However, the current vice chancellor of the university, Prof .
Eyitope Ogunbodede, with the leaders of
workers’ unions are in court in
support of Elujoba , who they claimed
restored peace and sanity to the
university when the tenure of Prof .
Bamitale Omole expired amidst
protests by workers .

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