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By Peter Dansu  Concerned sons and daughters of Ikoga-Zebbe in Badagry have appealed to the newly inaugurated Governing Council of Lagos St...

By Peter Dansu 

Concerned sons and daughters of Ikoga-Zebbe in Badagry have appealed to the newly inaugurated Governing Council of Lagos State University, led by its Chairman, Mr Babatunde Ogala SAN, to revisit and correct what they describe as the wrongful dismissal of their son, Dr Tony Dansu, alongside two others.

In a letter addressed to Ogala, the community pleaded for justice over the cases of Dr Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi, Dr Adebowale Adeyemi Suenu, Dr Tony Dansu, Dr Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan and Dr Oluwakemi Adebisi Aboderin Shonibare, who were removed from their positions in 2017 and 2019 under circumstances they insist were unjust and politically motivated.

The letter was jointly signed by James Babatunde Avoseh, Dr Mayowa John Adejobi, Tinka Gigonou Gabriel, Ademola Akoteyon Bokoh, Francis Pedepo Avoseh and Medemaku Abayomi Noah on behalf of the Ikoga-Zebbe community. While congratulating Ogala on his appointment, they prayed for God’s guidance as he steers the institution toward stability and growth.

The group recalled that the people of Ikoga-Zebbe have for years staged peaceful rallies, issued public statements and written several letters to authorities in Lagos State, all in a bid to secure justice for the affected lecturers. They maintained that their consistent appeal has been for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to lift the embargo reportedly stopping LASU from implementing the Governing Council’s decision of February 23, 2022, which ordered the unconditional reinstatement of the dismissed officers with full entitlements, benefits and promotions restored.

According to them, hope was rekindled when the immediate past Governing Council, at its meeting of July 3, 2025, upheld the findings of its Appeals Committee chaired by Ogala. The committee had recommended that the reinstatement of the lecturers be formalised alongside the lecturers’ offer to voluntarily withdraw their services from the university once the implementation was completed. They noted that the decision should have paved the way for a formal agreement to be submitted as a consent judgment before the industrial court.

However, five months after the decision, the community expressed deep disappointment that nothing has been implemented.

They are now calling on the new Governing Council to intervene decisively, uphold justice and bring an end to what they describe as years of victimisation and undue hardship for their affected sons and daughters.