“I have told you, there’s none among you who doesn’t know me. I am an Onisango. I’ll treat your [expletive] up spiritually. What gave you the audacity to go and sit down when I asked you to stand?” Abanikanda asked a student.
The Dean of LASU’s School of Agriculture, Prof. Olatunji Abanikanda, has threatened final-year students after audio and video evidence surfaced showing him forcing them to stand in rain for hours. In leaked recordings, the self-proclaimed “Onisango” (Sango worshipper) vowed spiritual retaliation: “I’ll treat your [expletive] up spiritually,” he declared.
Students revealed to FIJ that the May 17 incident left many with asthma attacks, while some fainted after being denied food/water until 10 pm. “He delayed us for 16 hours,” one student said. The dean’s actions, including making students redo farm work as punishment, have drawn condemnation from alumni citing his “ego-driven cruelty.”
Listen to what a dean of faculty is saying …. Just listen.
All these post doesn’t even make justice to how inhumane this man can be.I pray something is done, I hope all the innocent people he has suffered and still suffering gets the justice they deserve.
With people like… https://t.co/Qjovv6LxaC pic.twitter.com/LbUEIuBJOB
— babayhermi (Ø,G) 📉 (@babayhermi_) May 20, 2025
Despite the viral outrage, Abanikanda has doubled down with threats, prompting calls for investigation. Former students corroborate patterns of abuse, with one recalling how he “assigned 6 students to clear 1 acre of land” as punishment. The university administration has yet to respond to demands for disciplinary action against the dean.