SUG Excos Fight Over N3.8m VP Beaten, Director Stabbed..

The leaders of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Student Union Government (SUG) broke into a serious fight over disbursement of money. 

According to reports, two people landed in a hospital following a fight between members of the SUG in OAU Ile-Ife, Osun state, on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. 

   

Vice President Tosin Jacobs

The students had reportedly been fighting over N3.8m which had been given to them by the school's management, to disburse for useful projects within the institution. The fight which led to bottles being broken and the SUG vice president, Miss Tosin Jacob allegedly stabbing the social director, Adebayo Emmanuel, in the arm after he reportedly gave her a headbutt, started during a meeting they had called to discuss how the money would be shared. The vice president allegedly stabbed the social director in retaliation after he gave her a headbutt. 

 PUNCH Metro reports that the president, Ibukun Edward, had asked for suggestions on what the N3.8m would be spent on, which saw the excos suggesting the construction of a relaxation centre for students, library or a staircase to a major lecture theatre.
                                    Vice President Tosin Jacob crying after the fight 

Tosin who is popularly known as Emerald, had reportedly asked that the money be used to sponsor packages for freshmen and after her suggestion was dismissed, had reportedly tried to leave the meeting in anger, but was eventually begged to stay till the end. One of the excos who didn't want to be mentioned, said: “She proposed N1.4m for the freshmen’s packages. We told her that when we get the dues for this session, we would look into her suggestion. She flared up and was about leaving the meeting when Lamba (Emmanuel) jokingly told her not to leave and stood on her way. She slapped him twice and held his shirt. We separated them and continued with the meeting, but the VP was still angry. After a while, we just saw her rushing to open the refrigerator of the president; she was looking for a bottle. We thought it was a joke and someone pointed her attention to an empty bottle; she smashed it on the table. When the bottle didn’t break, she smashed it on the floor and took a part of the broken bottle, charged at Lamba and stabbed him in the arm. While we struggled to collect the bottle, Lamba also headbutted her.” 

 Confirming the fight between the excos, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the SUG said: “What happened is not something we can keep elaborating on. The breaking of a bottle occurred in a meeting held inside the president’s office is not an issue for public consumption and it has been resolved. Even at home and at the federal level, we have misunderstanding. So, we had one here and it has been settled. This is a human setting and anybody can pick an offence.” 
                         
                                    Photo: Facebook 

Confirming that the money has been disbursed to the SUG leaders, Prof. Isiaka Aransi, OAU's head of student affairs division said: “The money has been disbursed. It is their money and it was approved for disbursement." Reports claim that the SUG had earlier been accused of embezzlement by the students, following claims that they had bought a bus for N900,000 instead of the N2.5m they said they had spent out of the N3m they received.