State University Abraka was abducted while on her way to work on
Monday, May 19, 2014.
Enajite Ojaruega (pictured above) was ambushed and kidnapped at gun
point near Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. Since
then nothing has been heard from her abductors and her whereabouts
remain unknown.
ASUU, Delta State University, Abraka branch, in a statement by its
Chairman, Professor Abel Diakparomre called on the state govt and
security agents to ensure the release of Mrs Ojaruega, and lamented on
the constant harassment and kidnap of its members
"The way things are at present, the lectures are in danger and the
guarantee of their safety is in serious doubt. Further delay in the
release of Mrs. Ojaruega would compel the branch to activate this
principle which will not be in the interest of the society.
We must state that it is extremely sacrilegious to temper with an
academic anywhere in the world. When a Harvard lecturer was harassed
by policemen a few years ago, it caused serious uproar in the United
States and across the world.
The matter was formally settled in the White House by President
Barrack Obama. But this is usually not the case in Nigeria and
especially in Delta State, where professors have often been kidnapped
like the way hawks pick chicks. Kidnappers now deal with academics the
way a wanton child deals with grasshoppers.
All over the world, lecturers are held in the highest esteem. They
form the basis for societal and national development. To tamper with
them is to tamper with the destiny of the society and the nation.
Thus, the kidnap and harassment of lecturers must stop immediately."
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