The Kwara State University (KWASU) has sacked one of its
lecturers identified as Pelumi Adewale.
The academic was relieved of his duties for alleged s..3.xual
harassment of one Tosin Adegunsoye, a student of the department of Pure and
Applied Sciences of the school.
According to NAN, Mustapha Akanbi, the vice-chancellor at
KWASU, announced Adewale’s dismissal in Ilorin on Monday.
He was speaking at a news conference to herald the eighth
and ninth convocation ceremonies of the institution.
Akanbi said that Adewale had ceased to be a lecturer of the
school for bringing the institution into disrepute.
”The security agency has taken up the case and it is in
court already. The man is now an ex-staff member of the institution. He is a
disgrace to our great institution and we won’t condone such acts,” the VC said.
Adewale was, on September 11, arraigned before a magistrate
court in Ilorin, over accusation of s..3..xual harassment.
The suspect was arrested by the state intelligence bureau
(SIB) over offences bordering on criminal intimidation, s..3...xual harassment and
examination malpractices.
A petition by Adegunsoye dated October 15 had claimed that
Adewale, a lecturer assigned to teach her a course, called and threatened to
fail her in her forthcoming examination if she refused to have s,3.xual
intercourse with him.
In view of the threat, the police instructed Adegunsoye to
play along in order to obtain raw evidence.
The lecturer thereafter lured the student into his bedroom
apartment around 8:30 pm at Taoheed Road, Basin Area, Ilorin, where he gave her
a new question paper and KWASU answer script to rewrite her examination.
The suspect was however apprehended in the process by the
detectives who were hiding at a secured location.
In his ruling, Ibrahim Mohammed, the presiding magistrate,
granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000.
He thereafter adjourned the case till December 8 for further
mention.
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