The Chairman, Congress of
University Academics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Dr Niyi Sumonu, has
spoken on the case involving a a professor at the university, Richard Akindele,
accused of requesting for s.e.x from a female student in order to raise her
scores.
Professor Akindele was on Monday
fingered in s.e.x allegations after leaked conversation between him and the
student emerged online.
In the said phone conversation,
the professor could be heard asking the student to have s3x with him five times
to upgrade her scored from 33 to a pass mark.
Reacting, Sumonu asked the
university to investigate the matter.
He said, “If it is established
that this is true, the person, who perpetrated that does not belong to the
academic environment. We are supposed to mould the lives of the students –
males and females.”
Also Reacting , the immediate
past Deputy Coordinator of NANS in the South West, Mr. Saheed Afolabi, called
for a thorough investigation into the matter.
He said, “This is becoming too
rampant these days and I want the management of the OAU to investigate this.
Although we are still making efforts to know the female student, this should
not be swept under the carpet.”
The Public Relations Officer of
OAU, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, had earlier stated that the university would set
up a committee to ascertain the veracity of the telephone conversation as the
matter was a serious one.
Olanrewaju was quoted as
saying“We have listened to the audio and we cannot conclude on it now because
this is the age of ICT; anything can happen. The university has a way of
dealing with such.
“First and foremost, we will set
up a committee to determine the veracity or otherwise of the conversation to
establish authenticity of the characters involved. If those involved happen to
be our lecturer and student as it is portrayed, the university has a machinery
of dealing with such.
“Let me make it clear, OAU has
zero tolerance for sexual intimidation, sexual harassment and sexual coercion.
So, we will not accept it from staff to students; from the workers; from
superiors to subordinates and even from students to students.”
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