The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, and the Nigeria Police on Wednesday resolved to settle out of court a suit filed by the VC urging a Federal High Court, Lagos to protect his rights against an alleged abuse by officials of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) who invaded the premises of the institution last year.
The SFU officials had, on June 17, invaded the university in to arrest the VC over some allegations.
Following the alleged breach, Prof. Fasina sued the Nigeria Police for allegedly tramping on his fundamental human rights by attempting to illegally and forcefully arrest him in his office within the premises of the university in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The invasion reportedly caused a stir as members of the university community believed bandits attempted to abduct the VC.
While the VC accused the SFU operatives of attempt to illegally arrest and/or kidnap him, the officials denied the claim, insisting that they merely wanted to serve the him a letter of invitation for questioning over spurious allegations against him.
Meanwhile, the VC had, through his legal counsel, Mr Ebun Olu- Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), replied the SFU, saying the allegations of criminal acts of money laundering, double salaries and official misconduct as leveled against the him by a faceless group, Global Anti-Corruption Initiatives, were untrue, unfounded and merely trumped up to defame him.
During the hearing of the case on Wednesday, Adegboruwa informed Justice Aneke of the Federal High Court that his legal team and that of the police had found a common ground on which they would resolve settle the legal rift.
He said: “My Lord, we have been able to find a common ground with my learned colleagues and we plead that you will give us some time to perfect this new agreement. We are already exploring a common ground for possible resolution. We pray that your Lordship graciously grant us time to consolidate on these efforts.”
Responding, lawyer to the SFU, Agu, said: ” l can confirm that we are trying to get a common ground to resolve this matter, sir.”
After hearing parties in the matter, the judge adjourned further hearing till June 20, 2022.