By our Reporter
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife said it was meeting the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following the arrest of 69 suspected Internet fraudsters, many of whom are students of the university.
Fifty eight of the students were later released late Wednesday.
Officials of the EFCC in a midnight raid stormed hostels outside the OAU campus, including Fine Touch and Superb hostels in the Oduduwa Estate, Ile-Ife, broke into rooms, and arrested the students.
The Students’ Union President, Akinremi Ojo, said on Wednesday morning the union had details of “72 students picked up from the hostel with phones and cars taken away.” The president demanded the release of the students while condemning the approach of the arrests.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, was quoted in an interview that, “we (the management) are currently at the EFCC office in Ibadan to meet the officials.”
He later confirmed that “58 of the students were released to us. The remaining 11 of them have cases to answer.”