Some aggrieved persons, suspected to be residents of Ile-Ife, were reported to have staged a protest at the main gate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State shortly after Prof. Adebayo Simeon Bamire,
a professor of Agricultural Economics from the Faculty of Agriculture, was named the new Vice-Chancellor of the university.
The appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor, who is billed to assume responsibility with effect from June 7, was announced on Thursday.
Some indigenes of Ile-Ife, under the aegis of Ife town and gown, were said to have requested that a qualified indigene should be appointed as Vice-Chancellor.
According to the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the university, Owelle Osear Udoji, Bamire was picked as the 12th Vice-Chancellor strictly based on merit out of the 16 candidates that contested for the office.
Report had it that immediately the announcement was made on Thursday, some persons invaded the campus gate, locked the entrance and created gridlock in and out of the campus.
One of the protesters, Bimbo Afolayan, while addressing others at the gate, said that no one would be allowed into the campus on Friday.
