The management of Oduduwa Polytechnic, Lagos, has denied a media report that a lecturer in the institution was extorting a female student and withholding her results.
According to the report, the student, Jesulayomi Adedini, allegedly accused a lecturer of the institution, Ogunjana Adeolu, of extortion and a deliberate attempt to frustrate her graduation from school.
But the school, in a statement, stated: ‘The attention of the Management of the Oduduwa Polytechnic, Lagos has been drawn to a story published in The Punch of today titled: ‘Osun poly student accuses lecturer of extortion, withholding result.’
“Contrary to what was published in The Punch, we wish to state that our institution, Oduduwa Polytechnic had nothing to do with the said story.
“We don’t have any record of both the staff and the student in our database.
“We, therefore, implore the members of the public to disregard the said story as it had nothing to do with our institution.”
Shedding more light on the report, the management of the institution said, “Contrary to the report by The Punch, the institution is located in Lagos, not in Ife, Osun State as claimed by The Punch.
“Also, the picture that was used in illustrating the story is that of the Oduduwa Polytechnic, Lagos, while the report said the affected student was a student of Oduduwa Polytechnic, Ile,-Ife, ” the institution said.
