The management of the University
of Lagos (UNILAG) has set up a panel to investigate the allegations against two
of its lecturers indicted in the sex-for-grades scandal.
Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior
lecturer, and Samuel Oladipo, a lecturer in the department of economics, were
exposed in a documentary on sexual harassment released by the BBC Africa Eye on
Monday.
The two lecturers have been
suspended by the university.
In a statement on Wednesday,
Taiwo Oloyede, principal assistant registrar, communication unit of UNILAG,
said the panel is headed by Ayodele Atsenuwa, a professor and dean of the
faculty of law.
The school said the process will
be transparent and appropriate sanctions would be meted out if the need arises.
The university also encouraged
students and members of staff that have relevant information concerning the
incidents to come forward, assuring that their security is guaranteed.
“The Panel will probe into the
allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of the
Department of European Languages and Integrated Studies, Faculty of Arts and
Dr. Samuel Oladipo of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
as well as other related cases,” the statement read.
“As previously announced in the
University’s Press Release dated Monday, October 7, 2019, Dr. Samuel Oladipo
who was featured in the full version of the BBC broadcast, has been suspended
from work with immediate effect and barred from the University academic areas
until conclusion of the Panel’s assignment.
“Students and members of staff
who have relevant information are encouraged to come forward. Their protection
is assured. We firmly reassure all our students, staff, alumni, parents and
guardians that this matter will be tackled with every sense of responsibility,
and the seriousness it deserves. The whole process will be transparent and
appropriate sanctions will be meted out to anyone found culpable.”
The statement added that the
panel (pictured) set up to investigate another allegation of sexual harassment
involving a professor in the university in June 2018 still subsists and is
awaiting further information that will aid in concluding the investigation.
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