The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Rector of The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr Dayo Hephzibah Oladebeye over an allegation of misappropriation of funds.
Officers of the anti- graft Agency were reportedly sighted at the Campus on Wednesday, 26th October, 2022.
Impeccablesources who craved anonymity for security reasons said that some members of Staff of the Polytechnic had earlier been invited to the Ilorin, Kwara State Office of the anti-graft agency over an allegation of funds misappropriation reportedly levelled against the Management of the Institution.
Further investigations however revealed that the Management of the Institution was said to have misled the federal government by conniving with the Salaries and Wages Commission, an agency responsible and accountable for payment of federal government workers’ salaries, wages and arrears, to pay undue promotion arrears to selected members of Staff of the Institution.
It was further disclosed that the paid arrears were refunded by the concerned Staff to the purse of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti after a series of threat circulars to stop their salaries upon failure to remit same as directed by the Management of the Polytechnic.
Precise news gathered that the three industrial unions, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), the Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti chapter were accomplices in the charade perpetrated by the Management of the Institution.
Also, the satellite Campus was said to be another condit -pipe through which funds were signphoned.
All efforts to reach the Rector, Engr Dr Oladebeye proved abortive as his cell phone contact was not available.
