Reacting to the online report titled “Re-KSU N31 million Frauds, Setting the Record Straight,” the vice chancellor described the report as a desperate attempt to mislead the public. Tenuche further explained that there had been crises rocking the Alumni Association, which has been factionalized and dragged itself to court even before her appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the university.
According to the Vice Chancellor, the immediate past management was aware of these problems and tried to solve them, but their efforts proved abortive as the authority was dragged before the court of law, which granted an interlocutory injunction to stop them from parading themselves.
However, when she was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor, two factions of the same group booked an appointment to see her, and she received them at the same time. They were surprised, and none of the group could claim superiority. After the meeting, an agreement was reached that the factions should, as a matter of peace and tranquillity, sort out themselves to enhance smooth coexistence among them.
Trouble started when the immediate past management changed the name of the account of the institution that was opened for the Alumni Association money to a development account and left the account as it was. The crises were becoming intractable, and the executive of the Alumni Association had always been fighting over money, which was levies charged from the graduating students of the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor made it clear that such practices would not be acceptable under the new management. The factions then came pretending to be united, and she told them that if the case continued, she would be the one attending the court, which she promised not to do. After presenting a letter to the new management, they went back to the bank and made a payment of N17 million to the Alumni Association. Only for them to go back to court again, claiming that they were being owed N25 million as legal fees.
The High Court had to garnish the university’s account with N25 million. As a result, the Vice Chancellor resolved that the Alumni Association should operate independently of the university’s system. This decision was reached to ensure peace and progress in the institution.