Barely one month after Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun state was embroiled in a sex-for-marks scandal, a female student of the University of Lagos (Unilag) has cried out lamenting the series of sexual molestations she has allegedly suffered from one of her lecturers.
The lecturer at the centre of the sexual allegation is Olusegun Awonusi, a Professor of English Studies in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, and former vice-chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun state.
The female student, whose identity is also yet to be revealed, claimed to have nude pictures of the alleged randy professor. She said she has been suffering sexual molestations from the lecturer for months.
Her words, as reported by Linda Ikeji’s blog: “I have been suffering this for months now. Whenever students go to his office for anything he is always trying to touch you. I took pictures of him on one of the days I entered his office. He has made molestation a part of him. I’m even scared for my life in Unilag. That’s why I’m reaching out to you so he can be stopped.”
She added: “He is a professor in the English department, Faculty of Arts. I am not his first victim. He does this all the time to students. I have completely given up when it comes to academics he has failed me on tests before. When I talked to him concerning it he told me I should know what to do I am an adult. I feel so dirty for even allowing such an old man touch me. But he doesn’t even care.
“As long as you satisfy his wants. I’m tired of everything. He should be stopped before he ruins the lives of other innocent girls in that English department. When he touches me I am always in tears but it doesn’t stop him. Please, this is why I am reaching out all I want is for him to be stopped. He is destroying the mental state of girls in Unilag.
“I just want him stopped. I reached out because I don’t want him to continue molesting girls. The English department is like a cult. The lecturers have information amongst themselves. They talk about the girls they have slept with and the ones they plan to sleep with. It has been going on for years.”
Meanwhile, the management of the University of Lagos has vowed to thoroughly investigate the sexual harassment allegation.
Unilag authorities in a release on Wednesday, May 30, from the Communication Unit, Corporate Affairs Directorate urged its stakeholders to remain calm, adding that the truth of the matter would be uncovered in due time.
It said: “The attention of the University Management has been drawn to a news report trending on social media in respect of an alleged sexual harassment involving an alleged lecturer in the University of Lagos.
“The management has a zero tolerance for allegations pertaining to sexual impropriety and has a well-established policy against such practices.
“We wish to reassure all our stakeholders, students, parents, members of staff and the general public that management will not treat this matter with levity.
“Management will tackle the allegation with every sense of responsibility and seriousness that the matter deserves. The issue would be thoroughly investigated with transparency.
“Management respectfully solicits information from members of the university community and pledges confidentiality and protection.”
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NAIJ.com previously reported that Monica Osagie, the student at the centre of the sex-for-mark scandal rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, talked about the developments that led to the sexual advances from the randy professor, Richard Akindele.
In an interview with CNN, Osagie said she had developed a mentor-mentee relationship with the professor after she helped him edit his book.
Osagie, however, said she soon became uncomfortable with the relationship as the professor started to make sexual advances towards her.
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Source: Naija.ng