Policemen reportedly arrived at the official residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, in the early hours of Wednesday in an attempt to arrest him. Staff and students of the university mobilized to the residence in solidarity with Ogunwole and opposed the arrest. Ogunwole said the policemen arrived at about 6:10am, shortly after he had gone to bed at about 3am, and that his children woke him after noticing security personnel around the house. The reason for the police presence was initially unclear.
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