The management of Obafemi Awolowo
University Ile-Ife in Osun state, through its spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju,
has revealed that the female student involved in the s3x-for-mark scandal has
refused to come forward to testify before the panel set up to investigate the
matter.
Olanrewaju made the revelation
while speaking on a programme on Rave FM in Osogbo, on Wednesday. According to
him, the victim is said to be apprehensive that the lecturer might lose his job
if she comes forward.
His words: ''We have put
machinery in motion to ascertain the veracity of the claims and identify the
characters involved. As I am talking to you now, the management has taken a
position which we will be working on now.
On the day that the audio was
leaked, the vice chancellor and other principal officers of the university
acted, including the legal director of the university. We set up a committee
and the vice chancellor gave the committee one week to submit its report.
After that, we will know what to
do. The incident happened last year. We have been calling her (the student’s)
line, but she is not responding to her calls again.
We learnt that she confided in
someone that she did not want the appointment of the man (lecturer) to be
terminated because of her case. The panel has been set up and query has been
given to the man; but we need somebody to come up that she was the one that was
sexually harassed and the person is not in sight.”
In an audio conversation which
has since gone viral, Professor Richard Akindele, who is also a pastor, could
be heard telling a final year female student that he will have to sleep with
her five times to get her mark upgraded.
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