UNIZIK LECTURER SUSPENDED OVER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATION
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BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR
The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka has suspended a lecturer from the Department of Chinese Studies, Professor Ifeanyi Odinye, for three months and is paying him half his usual salary.This decision comes after allegations of sexual misconduct and breaking the university‘s general and academic rules.
In a press statement released on Monday, signed by the university‘s Director of Information and Public Relations, Aloysius Attah, the institution said it will not yet decide on the sexual harassment claim against the lecturer.
They explained that more investigation is needed to find out the truth.
These actions came after a six-member Special Investigative Panel, created by the university, looked into claims related to an incident involving staff and students from the Department of Chinese Studies.
The panel, led by the Provost of the College of Postgraduate Studies, Professor Emmanuel Obidimma, handed over its initial report to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ugochukwu Stanley Anyaehie, on Friday.
Recall that the alleged sexual misconduct was brought to the attention of the school management after a viral video surfaced online two weeks ago, in which some students of the institution were seen physically assaulting and rough-handling the lecturer on the school premises after he was caught allegedly molesting a female student.
Videos of the incident, which occurred within the university environment, went viral on various social media platforms and attracted widespread reactions and criticism, with calls for a thorough investigation.
Following the incident, the management of the institution expressed deep sadness and strongly condemned the resort to violence, self-help, or any form of jungle justice under any circumstance. The university authorities, therefore, directed an immediate, comprehensive and impartial investigation into the incident.
However, in the Monday statement, Attah said the student involved in the unfortunate incident, Chikamso Okechukwu, according to the directive of the Vice Chancellor, has been referred to the student’s examination misconduct committee.
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