University of Benin was a scene of mayhem yesterday Monday December 9 as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities; (ASUU) UNIBEN chapter disrupted an ongoing lecture at the university and forced a UNIBEN lecturer out of the lecture hall.
This was as a result of a division among lecturers at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), over whether to resume work or not.
Some UNIBEN lecturers resumed last week following the Federal Government’s directive to resume work and as a UNIBEN lecturer, Dr Godspower Ekhobase of the Computer Science gathered his students to begin his class, the Union members stormed the lecture room and stopped it.
Trouble started after Dr Ekhobase refused to listen to the directive given by the institution’s ASUU chapter, leading to a fracas.
The UNIBEN ASUU officials, led by its chairman, Dr Tony Emina-Monye, were said to have retreated after the lecturer was joined by the few students in class.
Dr Monye, however, said on phone that the lecturer behaved violently, adding that he broke his eye-glasses and ruffled his cloth.
He also said Dr Godspower also gripped the shirt of a former UNIBEN ASUU chairman.
The ASUU chairman, however, said they would not be deterred by the sack threat, as none of them would teach the students, who resumed for academic activities.
The ASUU officials also clashed with some policemen, who were reportedly invited to the institution by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Osayuki Godwin Oshodin, to keep peace.
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