The immediate past Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Professor Bartho Okolo has refuted the allegation that he was being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last week, adding that he never saw any EFCC staff.
Okolo who described the allegation as cheap blackmail aimed at tarnishing his image told Vanguard in Lagos that the cooked up story was the handiwork of some few persons in the UNN whom he consistently hindered from embezzling money meant for the school.
“All these are happening now because we closed all the loopholes and stopped them from all the scavenging.”
He said: “I wonder that with the achievement on ground some people are still writing rubbish in newspapers.”
He noted that if the fraud story was true, EFCC would have arrested him while in office as there was nothing like immunity clause attached to the office of the VC. “Does one person give contract in the university?” he asked.
His words, “What we did at UNN had never happened in the history of the institution. There are just few bad eggs that are trying to hold the institution to ransom. I see being a leader as an opportunity to impact your people.
”I challenge the alumni of UNN to come and see the transformation on campus.
“The former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayattu Rufai testified to the transformation in UNN, even Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who does not give in to frivolous talk testified to the transformation in UNN when he was invited as a guest speaker during our convocation few years ago. If at all you want to criticize anybody, it should be done constructively.”
source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/former-unn-vc-refutes-allegation-efcc-arrest-fraud/
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