UNILAG Crisis: Babalakin Appears Before Visitation Panel
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, on Thursday appeared before the Prof. Tukur Sa’ad-led Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the institution from 2017 till date.
Babalakin, who arrived the Senate Chambers, venue of the sitting of the panel at about 8.45 am, left to wait somewhere since the panel members were yet to arrive.
The panel members arrived at about 8.51 am and Babalakin came back to face the panel at about 8.58 am.
The panel was constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari after Babalakin sacked the former Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Shola Ogundipe over sundry financial malpractices.
But Ogundipe and the Senate of the institution insisted that due process for the removal of principal officers of the school was not followed by Babalakin, thereby creating a logjam.