Obafemi Awolowo University

== Students' unionism ==
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Obafemi Awolowo University is known as the "Jerusalem" of Aluta because of the antecedents of her students in vibrant and radical unionism over the years. The Student Union arm historically boast of a special kind of aluta where destruction of properties is not allowed during protest, popularly known as the scientific aluta.

However, in the last few years, the radicalism of the union is gradually becoming history. The union has produced vibrant unionists and political leaders, including but not limited to the famous lawyer, [[Femi Falana]], Paul Alaje, Olorunwa Adeleke, and many others.

The Students of the school also believe the school environment is one of the safest in the country, where any student can move around the school even at odd hours, without the fear of attack from anyone.

In April 2022, a case of fraud came to light by the former president of the union, Dr Ibk, who was remanded by a court of law after stealing 700,000 shortly after the swearing-in of the new executives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stealing: Court remands Ex-OAU Student's Union President|date=14 April 2022 |url=https://punchng.com/stealing-court-remands-ex-oau-students-union-president/|access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref>

The new executives came in shortly after the Electoral Commission led by Ajayi Oluwafemi (Efem Castro) from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the Chairman, where Akinbinu Foyin from Nursing served as the General Secretary, Olalekan Olatunbosun Onaopemipo (The Catalyst) from the Faculty of Education served as the Public Relations Officer and Osatoyinbo Opemidimeji from the Faculty of Sciences served as the Financial Secretary, with nine other commissioners from other faculties.