Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- The police in Oyo State have arrested the chairman of Joint Campus Committee (JCC) of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the state, Olujuwon Asubiojo, and the treasurer of the union, Akeem Ajibade, over alleged misappropriation of funds and illegal sale of the association's bus.

Police spokesperson in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone conversation on Monday that the student leaders were arrested following a petition alleging they embezzled NANS' funds and sold off its bus.

Our correspondent gathered that the police invited Mr Asubiojo and some executive members of the association on Saturday, following the petition.

Messrs Asubiojo and Ajibade were being detained at ...