Great Ife had a congress on Thursday, 6th May, 2010. As expected, the congress was “hot”—it did not disappoint those that that turned out. The congress was mainly called in order to address the numerous issues that are facing the entire student populace of OAU. Rumors had it that the Vice Chancellor was supposed to grace the congress. But to the surprise of many, only the Dean, Division of Students’ Affairs, the Chief Security Officer and the Deputy Vice Chancellor came.
Although many other occurrences happened during the congress, the time Destiny Agogo, the former SUG presidential candidate, came out to talk marked the apogee. He came out amidst the round of applause of students, who had earlier on clamored that he should be given the recognition he deserved. The Students’ Union president, Alaje Paul AKA Prof, refused to call on Destiny to speak until he raised his hands.
Finally, after Destiny had raised his hand, he was called to speak by the Students’ Union president. Destiny, on coming to the podium, was adjudged by many not to have been prepared to talk. So, when he was speaking, some thought he said the right thing at the wrong time. Destiny challenged Prof to come out plain about his alleged role of dissuading some Great Ife student from protesting on Sunday, 25th April, 2010—an action he said totally against the aluta spirit of Great Ife. Destiny accused Prof of quelling the fundamental and inalienable rights of student to speech and expression. This is just one of the challenges Destiny threw at the Students’ Union government. He directly accused them of gross irresponsibility and incapability, which has never been seen from the genesis of student unionism in OAU till date.
At the end of it all, Destiny appeared to have fallen out of favor with those who were formerly supporting him. However, one thing remains sure: the “the battle line” has just been drawn between Destiny and the EXCO of the Students’ Union, Prof, in particular.
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