The National Industrial Court in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the reinstatement of a senior lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Doyin Odebowale, who was dismissed for accusing some persons of copyright infringement.
Odebowale alleged in a Facebook post on Thursday that a former Vice-Chancellor of the premier university asked him to apologize to the accused persons but he declined, following which the governing council of the university took the decision to dismiss him.
“I received a call from Rasheedat Akinrinde, one of my lawyers in the case against the decision of the Governing Council of UI to dismiss me from service for accusing some useless impostors of plagiarism and stealing.
“The Governing Council asked me to apologise to thieves.
“The NIC, sitting in Ibadan, just ordered my immediate reinstatement as a lecturer in UI. I thank the judge for his industry,” his post read in parts.
Odebowale, a political appointee in the cabinet of the Ekiti State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said that his legal team, especially Femi Aborisade, represented him free of charge.
“I thank Comrade Femi Aborisade, my Egbon, for his support. He did the case pro Bono. He took the fight as his.
“I defeated tyranny for the fourth time,” he wrote.
