SaharaReporters learnt that the Channels TV crew members were assaulted on Tuesday morning amid an ongoing plot by the university authorities to impose the Acting VC, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, on the school as its substantive VC.


 SaharaReporters learnt that the Channels TV crew members were assaulted on Tuesday morning amid an ongoing plot by the university authorities to impose the Acting VC, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, on the school as its substantive VC. The University of Abuja security personnel acting on orders from the authorities have arrested some journalists and cameramen with the Channels TV media organisation and also damaged their equipment. 


SaharaReporters learnt that the Channels TV crew members were assaulted on Tuesday morning amid an ongoing plot by the university authorities to impose the Acting VC, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, on the school as its substantive VC. 


SaharaReporters gathered that a crisis Senate meeting was scheduled for 9 am on Tuesday where the Governing Council sought to replace Senate members who had refused to endorse the imposition of Maikudi on the institution. 

concerns over the governance of the school.


The acting vice-chancellor had alleged that a series of actions taken under the leadership of the Chairman of Council, Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Isma'ila Kaita (retd.), “have the potential of seriously impinging the good governance, stability and progress of the University of Abuja”.



 

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