A lecturer at the department of
Management and Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Prof. Richard
Akindele, who is at the centre of a s.e.x-for-mark allegation, has maintained
sealed lips.
When Dailypost got Akindele on
phone after several efforts to hear his side of the story but rebuffed the
reporter.
“What is your issue? What is your
issue?” Akindele responded violently after our reporter introduced himself as a
journalist. He thereafter dropped the call abruptly.
Several calls put through to him
later were not answered.
Recall that a telephone
conversation involving the lecturer and the student was posted on social media
platforms on April 9, where the female student accused him of demanding
sex-for-marks.
The yet to be identified female
student, had called the Professor to inquire about his earlier demand for sex
to pass her in the lecturer’s course that she supposedly failed.
The lecturer responded by telling
the student that she would repeat the exam in the next academic session since
she had refused to “take the opportunity” he offered her to have sex with him.
Meanwhile, as the media was awash
with the report, which generated huge reactions amongst Nigerians, the
university management through the Vice-chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede on
Wednesday in a press statement said the university had set up an investigation
panel to unravel individuals involved in the mess.
“I wish to assure the general
public that Obafemi Awolowo University has zero tolerance for sexual
harassment. The University considers sexual harassment as a serious offence
contrary to its Code of Conduct for the University Community and against the
Anti-sexual Harassment Policy of the University. It is totally and morally
reprehensible, and the University will never condone such act by any staff or
student.
“Once again, I wish to reiterate
that no one found culpable of this serious misconduct of sexual harassment will
go unpunished”, Ogunbodede had said.
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