By Amidu Arije
The Management of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) has denied having hands in the arrest of some of its staff over alleged attempted murder of two officials of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The suspects who were arrested by the Sagamu Road Police Station of the Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, are currently in police net and have been charged to court for trial.
The polytechnic management said it has no knowledge and is not in anyway connected to the arrest and subsequent trial of 8 staff members as it is currently being peddled by some people and a session of the media.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Deputy Registrar (Information and Public Relations), Olanrewaju K. Kuye and made available to newsmen in Lagos.
The statement reads: “To the best of the knowledge of LASPOTECH Management, the affected staff members that are currently facing trial were invited by the Nigeria Police for interrogation and charged to court in line with the dictates of the law.
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The suspects were alleged to be involved in assaulting with petrol, two officials of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and physically attacked and injured the Polytechnic’s Director of ICT on Friday, 29th March, 2019 during the preparation for the JAMB CBT mock examination exercise in the Polytechnic
The general public could also recall that, the Registrar of JAMB- Prof. Ishaq Oloyede while reporting the readiness of his Board for the 2019 JAMB examination to the Honourable Minister of Education- Mallam Adamu Adamu on Monday, 1st April, 2019 lamented the attempt to set some of his officials ablaze at LASPOTECH centre and vowed to ensure justice is done.
It would also be recalled that, the affected officials reported the assault at the Sagamu road police station, and the Nigeria police had since taken over the case.
The story making rounds to smear the image of the Polytechnic’s Management is a calculated attempt to distract the general public from the heinous act.
The ongoing trial is strictly between the Nigeria Police and the suspects. It has nothing to do with the ongoing trade dispute that is already being attended to by the Lagos State Government”.