“Our lecturers don’t carry guns!” – AAU debunks cultism claims
The management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, has debunked reports that three of its lecturers were arrested with firearms.
The Edo State Police Command had reportedly said on Monday that the lecturers, including a professor, engaged in cult-related activities.
The command paraded pump-action rifles allegedly caught in the lecturers’ possessions.
AAU’s management, however, said in a statement on Wednesday that the claims by the Police commissioner, Haliru Gwandu, were not only false, but also embarrassing.
The institution urged the police commissioner to retract the claims and tender an apology within 48hours.
The statement read: “We hereby state unequivocally that Ambrose Alli University has had no issue of cult-related activities since the inception of the administration of Prof. Ignatius Onimawo and his management team.
“There has been no report from the Police Force or any individual or groups for that matter concerning any incident of cultism or cult-related activities.
“The Police Commissioner and his team could not have arrested any staff of the university or (recorded) 14 students dead and not make a report, formal or informal, to the authorities of Ambrose Alli University.
“We want to assure the general public that there is and there has been peace within and around the university environment. There is no cult activity and no death of any student in the university.
“We hereby demand that the Edo State Police Commissioner retracts his statement and apologise to Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, within 48 hours; failing which the university will not hesitate to institute legal proceedings,” the statement added.
