The management of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH) has described the claim that the institution is under siege making rounds online as false.
In a statement signed by Olawore Opeyemi, its Deputy Registrar, Public & Alumni Relations, the institution noted that the picture being circulated online is AI-generated and should be disregarded.
The statement read:
The attention of the Management of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora has been drawn to an AI generated picture showing militants at the entrance of the gate of OYSCATECH.
The Management hereby condemn in its entirety, the false and misleading image circulating on the internet, which is capable of causing confusion and panic within the community, among students and parents.
Members of the Public, Parents, Students, Residents of Igboora Community and Ibarapa environs are hereby INFORMED to please disregard the FALSE and CRUEL Post circulating on the internet which is from mischief makers, whose motives are unknown.
The Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora is not under any SIEGE of militants or bandits.
For the records, the OYSCATECH Community and its environs are peaceful and safe, while students are receiving lectures and as well going about their normal duties.
On Friday, November 28, 2025, the matriculation ceremony of Students offering Degree prgrammes was held, wherein visitors and parents from within and outside Oyo State were in the Institution to witness the epoch making occasion which was first of its kind.
Members of the Public are hereby notified to Desist from circulating any false AI generated picture that is misleading about the Institution, as anyone caught will surely be made to face the wrath of the law.
