In the suit, ASUU wants the court to determine the legality or otherwise of the amendment of the Ambrose Alli University Laws–Special Intervention Powers Provisions Law 2021 and the deriving Special Intervention Team , set up to take full functions of the University’s Governing Council.
Dr. Cyril Oziegbe Onogbosele and Dr. William Odion, Chairman and Assistant Secretary of AAU Ekpoma ASSU respectively who signed the petition numbered HEK/MISC/9/2021, are also kicking against the manner in which the University Governing Council was dissolved. They insisted that the amendment is a subtle attempt by the Government to take over the affairs of the University for the purpose of eroding its autonomy.
The Unionists also want the Court to determine whether the provisions of the Ambrose Alli University Law, 2021 are not in conflict with section 21 of the Education Act, 2004, paragraph 6 of the schedule to the aforesaid Act and the Guidelines issued by the National Universities Commission for the establishment and management of Universities in Nigeria are legal.