The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo has debunked previous reports of suspected cultists disruption at Dancer, Poco Lee’s Homecoming Concert on Thursday evening.
Mrs Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, Coordinator of the Centre for Information and Public Relations at LASU, confirmed in a statement released on Friday in Lagos.
Thomas-Onashile explained that LASU maintained a strong stance against cultism, resulting in no reported incidents of such nature in the University for several years.
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Addressing concerns related to the recent Poco Lee’s musical show, she clarified that although there were minor altercations among attendees, there were no instances of fights or cult clashes.
She said:
“While there were indeed pockets of squabbles among revelers as to be expected in such a show, reports of fight break out or cult clashes are nothing but fallacies.”
According to her, the event towards its tail end caused an uproar among the students due to the performance of one of their own on campus.
Despite the well-controlled crowd, the presence of celebrity students led to excitement and rowdiness.
Thomas-Onashile reiterated that no cult attacks were recorded during the event, contrary to previous claims.
She said:
“This is coupled with the issue of crowd control resulting from poor logistics and planning by the organisers, an independent entertainment outfit.
“From credible reports, the organisers of the show had sold tickets online with instructions for the attendees to obtain their tickets physically at the venue of the show.
“However, the crowd of students at the venue was beyond the provision of tickets made by the organisers, leaving the men of the LASU security team to swiftly act to manage the situation with the support of men from other security agencies who had been invited before the show.
“Seeing that some criminal elements were going to take advantage of the situation to perpetrate their evil intentions, the Security Team swiftly brought the show to an abrupt end and dispersed the crowd around 5:30 pm. “
