Seven lecturers of the Federal University Otuoke in Bayelsa State who were demoted by the institution’s Authorities have described the action as illegal and reckless.
The lecturers, who were recruited into the university from the diaspora, at a news conference in Yenagoa, blamed their travails on the Vice-Chancellor of University, Professor Seth Accra-Jaja.
Our corespondent reports that the institution announced the demotions of the academic staff claiming they lacked requisite scholarship and absconded from the university.