Key takeaways
- The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has clarified that it declined the use of its venue for a proposed lecture by Peter Obi due to inadequate notice from the event organisers.
- The explanation follows concerns raised by Obi, who had described a pattern of cancelled academic engagements across Nigerian universities as a threat to intellectual discourse.
- University Statement on the Cancellation In a statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the institution said it only received full details about the event and the invited guest a day before the scheduled lecture, making it difficult to complete necessary arrangements.
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