Clash among the executives of Student Union Government (SUG) of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has left the duo of the union’s Vice President, Jacob Tosin popularly known as Emerald and the Director of Social, Adedayo Afolabi ( Lamba ) with series of injuries.
According to sources, fight broke out during a meeting at the union’s president office over a N3.8 million Students’ Union backlog fund released by the University management on Thursday, 31st of August, 2017
Sources in the know of the fracas hinted that the council resolved to embark on some projects with the backlog fund which include; refurbishment of union library and construction of SUB relaxation centre, but the Vice President, Emerald expressed her displeasure over the decision because they declined her proposal
The union’s welfare director, Ajiboye Adekanmi who gave detailed account said “the Vice President was not pleased with the decision because we denied her the funds for fresher’s package, but we told her to wait for the disbursement of 2016/17 session but she flared up and proceeded to exit the meeting, Lamba engaged her but she raised alarm of harassment”
According to Adekanmi, Emerald attacked Lamba first before he retaliated. Later, she opened the fridge of the president but could not find any bottle except a malt bottle on the shelf which she broke to attack Lamba. Both party engaged in another round of physical combat, Lambat headbutted the Vice President, leading to both sustaining injuries and were taken to university health centre.
