The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has asked University
of Lagos lecturer, Boniface Igbeneghu, to step down from all “ministerial
assignments.”
Igbeneghu, who is a part-time pastor in the church, is a
lecturer at the university.
He was caught on camera sexually harassing an undercover BBC
reporter, who posed as an admission seeker in UNILAG.
In a 13-minute video, Igbeneghu told Kiki Mordi, the
undercover reporter, how some lecturers in the institution tossed female
students for sex.
He had invited the teenager to his office for a number of
tutorials, before delving into sexual conversations with her.
The lecturer went to the bathroom, upon his return, he
locked the door, switched off the light and embraced the “admission seeker”.
In a statement, the church dissociated itself from the
conduct of the lecturer.
“The attention of the leadership of the Foursquare Gospel
Church in Nigeria has been drawn to a video clip trending on social media
platforms titled ‘Sex for grades: Undercover in West Africa Universities – BBC
News’ wherein a lecturer in University of Lagos named Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu
also described as a pastor in Foursquare Gospel Church was allegedly involved
in sexual misconduct with some female students of the University,” the
statement read.
“The general public is hereby informed that as a holiness
and Bible-believing Church, we do not condone such heinous and unscriptural act
among our ministers. We totally dissociate ourselves from the purported conduct
of Dr. Igbeneghu and promise to take appropriate measure as soon as the ongoing
investigation is concluded.
“Meanwhile, the pastor in question has been asked to step
down from all ministerial assignments.”
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