the Academic Staff Union of Universities – ASUU has said that no fewer than 400 members of its Union had been sacked by proprietors of members’ institutions, who persecuted them for fighting for their rights and interest of university system.

ASUU said the intimidation and persecution were common in state owned institutions as governors do not tolerate opposing views and policies, which lecturers saw as not being in the interest of education system in their respective universities.

The immediate past Chairman of ASUU, University of Lagos chapter, Dr. DELE ASHIRU disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the end of Leadership Training Workshop, organised by the union for new executive of the university’s branch.