The SDC also has Prof. E.O. Asekun-Olarinmoye; Prof. Clement Adebooye; Mr. Marcus Awobifa as members while Mr. R. A. Adebayo is the secretary. Other members are Dr. M.O. Abanikanda, who represented the Academic Staff Union of Universities; Mr. Lekan Adiat, Mr. Isaiah Fayemi, Mr. O.O. Ijitona and Mrs. A.O. Oyewale. Apart from Adepoju, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Jelili Oguntola; Acting Registrar, Mr. Gafar Shittu; Acting Bursar, Mr. Samson Adegbite, and some contractors appeared before the committee. The vice-chancellor tendered exhibits including recordings of his telephone conversations with some contractors and an alleged telephone recording of the director of works’ plea. In the telephone recording by the Acting VC, Mr. Adepoju said in Yoruba “…e jowo e bami pana e dele dele o, iru e o ni waye mo,” meaning, “Please, help me cover it up totally. Such a thing will never happen again.” Responding to the allegation, Adepoju, was said to have claimed that his response was based on the respect that juniors have for superiors. He said his conversation on the phone was not an admittance of extortion, adding that could not beg for pardon when he did not commit any offence. The VC, registrar and bursar reportedly told the committee that verbal warnings were given to the director of works on two occasions based on the allegations of extortion reported to them. The three principal officers of the varsity claimed that the director begged for forgiveness with a promise that such would not happen again. The registrar was also accused of inflating contract awards to some contractors. The bursar said in the report that he never demanded money from the insurance company which insured some of the vehicles belonging to the university. The Akinwusi committee had recommended that the appointment of the director of works be terminated based on the alleged offences he committed. But a dissenting report signed by Adebooye and Adiat said the oral allegations and claims by the contractors against Adepoju were not supported by incontrovertible documentary evidence and no witnesses. The dissenting report by Adebooye and Adiat described the allegations against Adepoju as a conspiracy to ease him out of the university. The dissenting report stated that the registrar said that most of the people he introduced were politicians, who needed contracts in the university and that that he sent notes to Adepoju because those politicians brought notes to his office from the government circle. Adebooye and Adiat, however, recommended that the director of works should be cautioned over his interaction with contractors. The minority report reads, “Therefore, we recommend that the director of works should be issued a warning. This is in line with the provision of our code of conduct, section 39, page 11. “Based on the provision of our code of conduct, section 34, page 10, the action of the Acting Bursar should be orally admonished to desist from collecting gifts/gratification from contractors. “Based on the provision of our code of conduct, section 25, the Acting Registrar should be orally admonished to desist from sending notes to schedule officers, especially on matter relating to contracts. This could be misinterpreted as exerting undue pressure and influence on the affected officer. “Based on the principle of personal privacy, especially in an institution where we will always discuss issues based on different concepts and perspectives, the act of audio or telephone recording is very retrogressive and must be discouraged.” A source within the university, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that it was true that the members of the SDC wrote two different reports on the issue. The source said, “The Governing Council will still deliberate on the two reports and take a position. So, it is too early to say which one is right.”]]>