Eke Van Victor
With several candidates of the forthcoming SUG elections disqualified by the screening committee last Thursday, just one week to the election, the question on everyone's lips has been; will the SUG presidential candidate be unopposed?
When contacted, Israel Olanloye, the presidential aspirant
disqualified for security reasons said he was not ready to back out on the race
he has begun. He absolved himself of any wrong accusations saying "I have
never been involved in any domestic or physical violence in the polytechnic.
Moreover, I have never been invited nor had any negative records with the
security personnel on campus even during my ND days".
He however disclosed that series of letters have been sent
to the DSA, CSO, PRO and Rector but that from his findings, the school
management had reached a conclusion on his disqualification. He further
reiterated that, there is no going back in his SUG race.
Another disqualified candidate Sikiru Azeez vying for the
post of Social secretary from the Department of Mass Communication said that he
also had written several letters to the DSA and security unit which after being
forwarded to the management didn't yield any fruit.
Efforts to see the DSA however proved abortive. But the CSO
who was available to speak with our correspondent said he is not in the
position to disclose the reasons for their disqualification.
He further stated that irrespective of what the case may be,
there is always room for appeal. "What they don't know is that, there is a
difference between been disqualified for security reasons and been disqualified
for security issues. Some of them may not necessarily have past records with us
here but were screened out for security reasons." He said.
He cited an example of the present SUG president and how he
was disqualified for security reasons days before the election that produced
him as president.
The CSO who emphasised that the screening committee had done
a thorough background check on the candidates said even though there is room
for appeal, if the school management insists on the disqualification of the
candidates, there is absolutely nothing the candidates can do about it because
the management always has a reason.
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