A senior lecturer at the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, faced public humiliation on Friday after allegations of making sexual advances towards a female student surfaced, according to a report by The Nation.
The lecturer, whose full identity remains undisclosed, allegedly incurred the wrath of female undergraduates from the university’s English Department, where he teaches, upon the revelation of his alleged misconduct. Demanding justice, the students insisted on his public embarrassment, citing accountability for his actions.
In a dramatic turn of events, the lecturer was stripped down to his boxers, symbolizing the severity of the accusations, before the intervention of the school’s security personnel at the Adankolo mini campus prevented further escalation of the situation.
During interrogation, the lecturer purportedly implicated his colleagues, suggesting complicity in academic impropriety by providing him with names of students for preferential treatment based on personal relationships.
Confirming the incident, the university’s spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Iyke, stated that the management was aware of the matter and had initiated an investigation. He assured that the university’s internal mechanisms were in place to address such issues promptly.
Iyke commented, “The university has its own internal mechanism for taking care of it… The Vice-Chancellor has set up a body to look into it, and the outcome will be made known as soon as it comes out.”
Despite efforts to reach the alleged victim or her father, who reportedly serves as a policeman, they remained shielded from interacting with reporters, indicating the sensitivity of the situation.
