UNILAG Sacked VC Withdraws Case On His Removal As VC

The embattled vice Chancellor of the university of Lagos Prof. Toyin Ogundipe has withdrawn the lawsuit he filed at national industrial court challenging his removal as the VC by the governing council of the university.

The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020 had defendants UNILAG the varsity's council ,it's senate pro Chancellor Dr Wale Babalakin(SAN) Registrar Oladejo Azeez and Prof. Theophilus Soyombo who was appointed acting VC in the week of Ogundipe's controversial sacking .

Ogundipe had filed an ex parte application which was pending hearing before the court,but his lawyers Messrs Tayo Oyetibo (SAN) and Ebun Olu Adegboruwa(SAN) approached the court on Friday with an application to discontinue the case.

The notice of discontinuance filed pursuant to order 61(1)(1) of the national industrial court of Nigeria ( civil procedure) 2017 simply read "Take notice that the claimant doth hereby wholly discontinue this suit against the 1st-6th defendants.

However in a statement titled"court did not refuse Prof. Ogundipe's case" Adegboruwa explained that the embattled VC took the decision to drop the suit upon detailed consultation with all stake holders and his supporters in and outside the university.

Adegboruwa said Prof. Ogundipe directed his lawyers to file a notice of discontinuance of the suit and this has been done on August 21 2020.

" This is to defer to the authority of the president as the visitor of the university as Prof. Ogundipe has enough time to challenge his purported removal.