Ozumba knelt down before all and begged former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, saying hackers distorted the information in his citation.Coomassie was among five prominent Nigerians awarded honourary doctorate degree to mark the school’s 45th convocation.
He bagged honourary doctorate degree of Public Administration.The vice chancellor, who was totally irked by the distortion, went on his two knees and begged Coomassie to overlook the noticed mistake.
Other awardees, including Igwe Alfred Achebe of Onitsha; Chief Arthur Eze and other prominent Nigerians joined Prof. Ozumba in begging the former IG to bear with the University.
Not done with begging Coomassie, Ozumba mounted the rostrum and openly apologised that hackers inserted the former Police chief was invited for questioning by security agencies for a crime he allegedly committed while in service.
Chief Arthur Nwankwo and Senator Ike Nwachukwu also mounted the rostrum to apologise for the terrible insertion into Coomassie’s citation.Another citation was quickly put up and read to pacify the former police chief.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) was installed as the new Chancellor of the institution.The Paramount ruler said urged Nigerians to patriotic, saying “today is the happiest day of my life”.
The Nation
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