The
Coordinator, #TakeItBack Student Movement, Ogun State Institute Of Technology
(OGITECH), Clement Olayemi on Wednesday alleged threat to his life for carrying
out activities as the coordinator of the movement on campus.
He alleged
that the threat can be traced to the Dean of Student Affairs of the institution, Ogun State Institute Of
Technology (OGITECH), Mr Oluyemi Odutola.
In a
publication by Sahara Reporters entitled “Ogun Technology Institute Dean Of
Student’s Affairs, Odutola, Threatens To Rusticate Student For Participating In
Protest Against Rape, Opposing Management’s Anti-students Policies”, Mr Oluyemi
Odutola was alleged to have threatened Clement Olayemi, an SLT student for
participating in a protest against rape.
Sahara Reporters
reported that Odutola in a telephone conversation with Olatoye also accused him
of having a close relationship with Omoyele Sowore, publisher of
SaharaReporters, whom he claimed was against the President of Nigeria,
Muhammadu Buhari.
The Dean
of Students Affairs, Ogun State Institute Of Technology (OGITECH), Mr Oluyemi
Odutola is currently faced with false allegations from the popular #TakeItBack
student's movement.
However,
new development surfaced when Afolabi Stephen, a public administration student
and close friend to Clement Olayemi came out to disregard the news which he
called 'fabricated story by the #TakeItBack movement in collaboration with
Sahara Reporters.
In a
phone conversation with Afolabi Stephen. he told, GistIsland his side of the
story saying;
“Clement
Olayemi is a very close friend, I called him with my second number that day, I
was so surprised he asked who was talking and then I decided to prank him,
saying I'm the DSA of the school. I noticed he was short of words and in
shocked, I proceeded by saying you're a member of a forum off campus, you went
for a protest.
“In a
nutshell, I began to say things that I know about him as a close friend, I
threatened him to tell me names of his friends who are also comrades and he did
without hesitation. I asked him to come and face the panel the next day and I
hanged up. After about 20 to 30 minutes, I called him back and revealed my
identity to him and he got really angry, I apologised and that was all.
“It was a
funny scenario and I laughed at it repeatedly and thought of doing it to
another friend, I picked up my phone again and called another friend Job Ubah, I did the same but he was so
reluctant in mentioning names, denied knowing anything about some of the
questions I asked him. I also asked him to come and face the panel the next day
and I hanged up, after 20 to 30 minutes again, I called him back as well and
informed him I was the caller.
“Funny
enough, it was after that day, a link to Sahara Reporters was sent to me, also
a tweet from Sowore saying the DSA
called my friend and threatened him. I was surprised because I knew it was
false allegation. I reached out to my friend immediately but at first he denied
knowing anything about the publication. After rectification, the post and
sowore tweet were pulled down.
Gist
Island Online Journal went further to ask why the news had become the talk of
the institution since the post was pulled down.
Afolabi
Stephen expressed displeasure when he saw a release by his friend entitled
“#OGITECHSAGA: What Actually Happened”. In the release, Clement affirmed that
he has the recording and he was indeed threatened by Mr Oluyemi Odutola.
Also,
another release from #TakeItBack with the title, “#TakeItBack Movement Stands
With Comrade Olatoye Clement; Any Attempt To Victimize Him Or Any Other Student
Activist Would Be Met With Full Resistance.” This became unbelievable to me, he
said.
It was
gathered that Afolabi Stephen wrote an apology letter entitled, OGITECH:
Apology letter to the “Dean of Student Affairs” and was made available to
NEWSDIRECT.
In the
same vein, GistIsland put a call through to Job Ubah, the second caller Afolabi Stephen reported to have
pranked alongside Clement Olayemi.
Job Ubah,
who spoke with GistIsland affirmed that he was called, threatened and asked
various questions from a caller who identified himself as the DSA.
According
to him, “At first, I thought it was the DSA of the school, I was shocked but
relaxed. The caller identified himself has Mr Odutola and asked me to be in
school the next day to face the institution panel.
Few
minutes later, the same number called and laughed at me, I still didn't get it
until he said don't you know this is "Stigga" (Afolabi Stephen). We
spoke about other things and that was the end.”
A
lecturer of the institution who wants to remain anonymous, while commenting on
the issue of the alleged threat termed it as a 'mischievous act'.
The
lecturer believed that the student who alleged the DSA intentionally wants to
turn the heat on him. “I am extremely worried why the student decided to pick
on the DSA, as far as I know, the DSA have
not swing in a rumor like this, we are all in doubt if he ever threatened the
student, after reviewing all evidences.
GistIsland
also called the Coordinator, #TakeItBack Student Movement, Ogun State Institute
Of Technology (OGITECH), Clement Olayemi to balance her report of the story.
He
requested that GistIsland call back the next day to hear him out. GistIsland,
however, called the next day but instead, Clement Olayemi refuse to say
anything regarding the story. He did not affirm nor debunk the story.
All
efforts to to reach the Institution DSA, Mr Oluyemi Odutola proved abortive,
his phone number was out of reach at the time of filing this report
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