The
Academic Staff Union of Universities has demanded an unconditional release of
the wife of Dr. Seye Abiona, who is the chairman of its Osun State University
chapter.
Mrs
Abiona was kidnapped on Friday night and taken to an undisclosed location by
his captors. The kidnappers are asking for N50m ransom before she could be
released.
Speaking
in Ibadan on Monday after attending a special congress of the union at the
University of Osun, Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Olusegun Ajiboye,
asked both the Federal Government and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State to
justify their status as the commander-in-chief and chief security officer
respectively by securing the release of the lecturer’s wife.
Ajiboye,
who said the kidnap was a major challenge to the union who had always fought
for the emancipation of the masses, urged the kidnappers to release Mrs Abiona
without any condition attached.
“The
reality of Nigeria has dawn on us all. I am extremely sad that our country has
degenerated this much. I want to appeal to the kidnappers to free their victim
unharmed and unconditionally. We are also victims in this country. We are
poorly paid. We fight injustices and fight for the downtrodden,” Ajiboye said.
Dr.
Ademola Aremu, who is the National Treasurer of the union, called on Aregbesola
to do all within his power to ensure that the abducted woman was released.
He said, “We are not the type to be kidnapped or be visited by armed robbers. We do not have the kind of money robbers and kidnappers are looking for because we are not politicians.”
Source: Punch
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