Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the state Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of terminating the appointments of the principal officers of the University of Ilesa, made by his predecessor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola.

A statement by the spokesman of the governor, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday announced the appointment of Prof Taiwo Asaolu from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as the pioneer vice chancellor of the university, while Mr Funso Ojo was named the registrar of the institution.

Dr Mukaila Oyekanmi was named the bursar, while Mr. Adewale Ogunsipe was appointed as the Librarian.

But the acting Osun APC Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, on Friday said, “I doubt it if the law that established the University of Ilesa grants the state governor the power to remove or appoint the vice chancellor and principal officers of the university without the recommendation of the governing council.

“The process of the appointment of the new principal officers of the Ilesa University is crude, illegal, and stinks to high heavens as it would be an impossible Utopia for it to surmount legal firepower in any court of law.

“The sack is not only reckless but a bad precedent.”

But reacting, the spokesman of the governor said appointments of principal officers for the University of Ilesa were part of the fulfilment of Adeleke’s promise to nurture a sustainable tertiary institution for Ijesa people.

The statement by Rasheed further read, “I am elated that we are keeping faith with the Ijesha people. We are upholding due process, avoiding politicization of the academic environment, correcting errors of the past, and fulfilling the decades-old dream of Ijesha people.”