Bishop Oyedepo ordered NYSC call-up of 200 Landmark University graduates withheld

•For missing farewell prayer session; 

• Management denies claim

By Our Reporter

The text message read, “Sir, this issue may not be your business, but, I feel as an affairs analyst, you can add your voice to 200 families who are in pains. Our wards graduated from Landmark University, Omu-Aran, owned by Bishop Oyedepo. “About 200 graduands were absent when Bishop David Oyedepo came to pray over them and he then instructed that their NYSC call-up letters be withheld.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=300&slotname=4641928028&adk=324141503&adf=499592792&pi=t.ma~as.4641928028&w=360&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F49170e64f977be81f48d00ff8466f56d%3Fclient%3Dmini&flash=0&fwr=1&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1647178930580&bpp=25&bdt=2109&idt=998&shv=r20220308&mjsv=m202203030101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Df4b483d5a440c9f9-2252255b97d100e6%3AT%3D1647178527%3ART%3D1647178527%3AS%3DALNI_MaTnZqJ-7MXXuK0-2S7EXtTn72hXg&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=6180620991665&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1757084653.1647178931&ga_sid=1647178931&ga_hid=1662126525&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=2&adx=0&ady=791&biw=360&bih=672&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C42531398%2C44750773%2C31065370%2C31065515%2C44758226%2C44758229&oid=2&pvsid=760553961187706&pem=731&tmod=73476751&uas=3&nvt=1&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F49170e64f977be81f48d00ff8466f56d%3Ffeatures%3D2097323%26uid%3Df461d990fe09ff40b3faa15fb479e42106048822%26like_count%3D21%26newsapp%3D1%26client%3Dmini&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C672%2C360%2C672&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=1pDbHp2AE0&p=https%3A//cdn-af.feednews.com&dtd=1044

“Delegates and letters of appeal have been sent with no response until yesterday, when I heard that call-up letters will be released in August 2022.

“It means our children will stay at home with us after graduation till August. This is rather draconian and height of impunity.”

When asked whether there was indeed a prayer programme which the students didn’t attend and which was responsible for their call-up letters being withheld, he said,”I don’t want to be drawn into that controversy.”https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355&output=html&h=300&slotname=7490903905&adk=3421404484&adf=1862787167&pi=t.ma~as.7490903905&w=360&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F49170e64f977be81f48d00ff8466f56d%3Fclient%3Dmini&flash=0&fwr=1&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1647178930605&bpp=10&bdt=2134&idt=1071&shv=r20220308&mjsv=m202203030101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Df4b483d5a440c9f9-2252255b97d100e6%3AT%3D1647178527%3ART%3D1647178527%3AS%3DALNI_MaTnZqJ-7MXXuK0-2S7EXtTn72hXg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C360x300&nras=1&correlator=6180620991665&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1757084653.1647178931&ga_sid=1647178931&ga_hid=1662126525&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=2&adx=0&ady=1517&biw=360&bih=672&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C42531398%2C44750773%2C31065370%2C31065515%2C44758226%2C44758229&oid=2&pvsid=760553961187706&pem=731&tmod=73476751&uas=3&nvt=1&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-af.feednews.com%2Fnews%2Fdetail%2F49170e64f977be81f48d00ff8466f56d%3Ffeatures%3D2097323%26uid%3Df461d990fe09ff40b3faa15fb479e42106048822%26like_count%3D21%26newsapp%3D1%26client%3Dmini&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C672%2C360%2C672&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=ZCPUCSTseW&p=https%3A//cdn-af.feednews.com&dtd=1104

He added, “All that I know is that they came here for admission for their wards and we granted them, so we expect that if there is any issue about their wards, they should come to the school, and we will look for ways out of the problem and definitely not the media.”

Olajide also said that the students were being mobilized in batches for the NYSC programme and that those who haven’t been so mobilized have one issue or the other with the university.

“As long as our students don’t have any issue, there is no reason not to mobilize them for NYSC. We are doing it in batches,” he said.