Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
The former bursar said he first ran into hot waters when he refused to partake in a"loot" in 2009. He said he was eventually dismissed for his"principled stance" and after seven and half years of despair, he was reinstated by Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, in 2016. After he was reinstated, Mr Akeju was transferred from the college to the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria . The lecturer said the college was financially healthy when he left for FAAN and upon his return after two years, he found out that the institution was broke and borrowing.
"The threat to life was there and it did not come physically but you know the Nigerian way of making you scared, I became very sick," he said.Amidst the ordeal, Mr Akeju said he lost his mother, a wife, and could not afford to pay the school fees of his children. He said the letter conveying his third dismissal was delivered to him while he was temporarily bedridden in the hospital.
In his petition to the anti-graft agency, the architect alleged that over N60 million - voted for 12 projects - was diverted by the management of the institution. "After due deliberation, the Council found you guilty of the offence levelled against you and approved the termination of your appointment from the service of the College.
Members of college management who were found culpable of malpractice were arraigned by the ICPC but they were later discharged over"faulty prosecution"."Until the last day of entertaining witnesses, the SAN, Femi Falana, put a call to the ICPC office to say that it was wrong. I wrote a letter to ICPC that since they refused to allow me to testify in court, I would testify in public.
When contacted Azu Ogugua, the ICPC spokesperson, asked that a message be sent. After that was done, Mrs Ogugua never reverted. Abdulrasheed Bawa, EFCC chairman, attributed the drop to"false whistleblowers who were prosecuted for wanting to turn a serious programme to memes, unnerved some other would-be informants".