UADS Decides 2025 — A Storm Of Allegations

In the heat of the just-concluded UADS elections,  troubling allegations have emerged suggesting that beneath the posters, manifestos, and campaign slogans, internal politics may have tilted the electoral field even before voting began. Dentatics Press conducted an independent investigation into claims raised by members of UADS, particularly from the 2K26 class, on the UADS central WhatsApp group. This three-part investigative report presents findings on the allegations and certain events leading to the election. 

PART ONE: The Politics We Saw

The night the electoral ban was lifted, Fiyin Atinmo's Presidential campaign began with intense activity. He wasted no time in putting up his campaign poster at the Alexander Brown Hall gate, the very gate that had showcased the faces of many past UADS presidents. Atinmo served as Public Relations Officer under Efunkunle Olalekan’s administration and was elected via a Bye-election. This position gave him a first-hand insight into the growing political apathy in the association. Determined to avoid a repeat of history, he actively reached out to students interested in contesting executive positions. Many responded affirmatively including Okelue Patrick ( PRO), Omotainse Eunice Eyitanwa (General Secretary), and Alarape Zaynab (CODEH Chairperson), among others. Fiyin Atinmo created a WhatsApp group informally called “My anticipated team” to mentor aspirants. There he offered guidance on manifestos and supported their campaign strategies. While unofficial, the initiative was a broader effort to ensure continuity and prevent a situation where executive seats were left uncontested. This model of proactive mentorship seems to have directly inspired Okelue Patrick, President-elect for the 2024/2025 tenure. However, Patrick’s replication of this model has not gone without controversy.

According to several members of the 2k26 class, Patrick allegedly asked some intending aspirants to step down for others he preferred, aspirants he had added to a WhatsApp group, resulting in them running unopposed. Much like Fiyin Atinmo, Patrick had created his own preparatory WhatsApp group called The Future, to help aspirants with campaign strategy, branding, and access to good graphics designers and photographers. According to him, these aspirants had reached out to him before the electoral ban was lifted and he felt it was only right to guide them, just as Fiyin had done for him. Messages from the group made available to the press corroborate Patrick’s claim.

Yet, a member of  The Future group, speaking anonymously to the Press, expressed discomfort in being added to the group without his consent. He questioned the necessity of the group, adding that individual mentorship would have been less politically exclusionary. Why create a group that could easily become a clique?

When asked about this, Patrick stated that this member, who will be referred to as Mr. C for ambiguity's sake, was the only aspirant he added without prior conversation on his candidacy. He had learnt of this person’s intent to run from a member of the current executive council, and believing they were on good terms, decided to add him. Patrick also cited the impracticality of mentoring each aspirant individually as one of the reasons for creating the group.

One bone of contention remains the exclusion of Olabode John, the SDO-elect for the 2024/2025 tenure, from The Future group. Patrick claimed he was unaware of John’s candidacy until he began his official campaign. However, this explanation is difficult to reconcile with certain known facts. Olowoniyi Chris, a member of the 2k27 class, who had planned to run for the SDO office eventually opted for a senatorial seat. Chris informed Patrick of his initial SDO ambitions and would have logically communicated any successor, especially given the tight-knit nature of class politics. If Patrick could hear about another aspirant through indirect channels, it’s hard to believe he never caught wind of John’s intentions even if John didn’t personally reach out to him. Patrick, however, claimed that once John's campaign began, he was preoccupied with organizing UADS Health Week and preparing for his MB3 exams. 

PART TWO: The Upper Echelon And Its Unsettling Politics

According to a member of the 2k26 class, who requested anonymity and will be referred to as Mr. M in this article, an exclusive group named Upper Echelon was formed by some members of the 2k26 class. Mr. M claimed the group was created for one purpose, to verify the intentions of the two aspirants wanting to vie for the position of Assistant General Secretary in the 2025 UADS General Elections: Ebute Deborah and Adeyinka-Omoleye Taiwo. 

Adeyinka-Omoleye Taiwo spoke to the press, recounting how he was invited to a meeting organized by the Upper Echelon at the Indomie stand in Idia village, opposite Queen Idia hall. He described how they questioned his fitness for politics, citing his perceived introversion and his strained relationship with some classmates. This estranged relationship according to Taiwo, came from events during his campaign as an aspirant for the office of the SDO. At the time, many of his class members supported him and aggressively opposed his opponent and classmate, Esther Iyama. After his eventual victory and inauguration, the class supposedly reached an unwritten agreement to discourage individuals from monopolizing executive offices, the hierarchical ascension of executive positions in UADS. Taiwo claimed he didn’t challenge the decision then as he had no intention of running for the AGS. That changed in late 2024, seeing this, some of his classmates began to pressure him to drop his aspiration for Ebute Deborah, who was also planning to run for the AGS. 

According to Taiwo, another meeting was called by the Upper Echelon, this time scheduled to be held at PLT with the clear expectations that he publicly renounce his candidacy not just to the Upper Echelon, but to his classmates. Taiwo's refusal to go to the meeting, amongst other things, fueled his class's decision not to vote for him. This is the same class that accused certain members of the association of political godfatherism and of coercing aspirants to step down, while employing similar tactics within its ranks. 

This raises serious questions about the democratic value in UADS: why wasn’t a healthy, competitive electoral process encouraged?

PART THREE: The Alleged Coercion of an Aspirant

Ebute Deborah reached out to Patrick Okelue in February 2025, for guidance on contesting the AGS seat. As stated earlier, another member of Deborah’s class, Adeyinka-Omoleye Taiwo

was planning to run for the office of AGS. Deborah claimed Patrick responded by referencing a past situation from his class: when Omotainse Eunice, the then-SDO, had contested for AGS against a classmate who was a senator. Eunice won, and the senator lost not just the AGS race, but also his senatorial seat. Patrick claimed that Deborah had grossly misinterpreted his responses to her. He referred to the scenario involving Eunice and her classmate running against each other as a response to Deborah's statement that her class wanted Taiwo to step down.

Still determined, Deborah reached out to Eunice in February.

Eunice reportedly confirmed the scenario Patrick gave and told Deborah in a VN that running for an executive position against a member of the executive council was a risky political move. She added that unless Deborah had a strong, well-prepared plan, it might be wiser to go for a senatorial role and consider executive ambitions later. 

Deborah dropped out of the electoral race and recounted her conversations with Patrick and Eunice to her classmates. Their response was resistance at the polls. In what appeared to be a coordinated expression of displeasure, her class reportedly gave the highest “No” votes to the executive council-elect and voted “No” to the other classmate contesting for AGS. He was not elected though he ran unopposed.

When asked about the allegations of alumni reaching out to her to step down, Deborah told the press she wasn't coerced by any alumni to step down, their responses just didn't sound different from Patrick and Eunice's responses. Patrick told the press he was unaware of alumni involvement in the matter.

As for Omotoso Kehinde, another name tied to the allegations, Deborah said she had a conversation with him but declined to comment further. The press couldn't get across to Omotoso for clarification at the time of publication.

‎What has unfolded is, at its core, an appalling scandal that reveals deeper systemic issues within the association's political culture. While some allegations lack irrefutable proof, the pattern of coercion —subtle or overt— does not befit a prestigious, close-knit association like ours, one built on the ideals of fairness, inclusion, and transparency. No individual or group holds the right to dictate who is or isn’t fit to contest a position, and such actions not only undermine democratic values but also discourage participation.

Also, creating groups like My Anticipated Team and The Future, although allegedly for structured campaign guidance, leaves room for accusations of favoritism and clique formation. 

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