We have no hand in the arrest, trial of staff – LASPOTECH Management

IKORODU, Lagos, Nigeria – Management of the Lagos State Polytechnic(LASPOTECH) has dissociated itself from the arrest and subsequent trial of 8 members of staff contrary to reports in the media.

“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”, Deputy Registrar ( information & public relations), Mr. Olanrewaju K. Kuye said in a statement.

According to him, the suspects were allegedly involved in assault of 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 preparation for the JAMB CBT mock examination exercise in the school.

“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 attempt to set some of his officials ablaze at LASPOTECH centre and vowed to ensure justice is done”, he said.

He said the affected officials reported the assault at the Shagamu road police station, adding that 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”, he added, noting that 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”, he said.