Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) may sack
six lecturers who have been fingered by some female students and ex-students of
the university to have been involved in the alleged sex-for-grade racket, which they described to be in gigantic proportion.
It was learnt from the university's spokesperson,
Dr. Christian Chukwuebuka, that the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof
Greg Nwakoby, has instituted a five-man committee to look into the allegations.
Although Chukwuebuka said he was not in good stead
to say what would happen to the six lecturers if the allegations against them
were established to be true, a female student of the university told journalists that the lecturers would earn outright sack.
Chukwuebuka said: "The university has code of
conduct. I may not be able to tell you what will happen to them now, but I
think we should let the committee conclude their job and find out if they are
guilty before we determine what their punishment will be.
"I am not holding forth for anyone, but I
think those are mere allegations. If they were serious about their allegations,
why did they not speak up before now? Why did they wait for the BBC
investigation that unraveled such practices at the University of Lagos before coming
up with their own?"
But a female student of the university, who refused
to be named, said: "If they are proven to be guilty, they will be sacked.
In Lagos, the professor, who was caught on tape, has been sacked. In other
institutions where the same thing happened, the erring lecturers have been
sacked, so why will that of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University be
different?
"The victims have been mobilising; they are
waiting for the report of the committee because we have evidence too, and we
are sure the six lecturers will leave the university."
Following the uncovering of sexual exploitation of
female students by university lecturers by a BBC undercover reporter, some
female students and ex-students of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
had fingered six lecturers in different departments of being culpable is same
practice.
A statement by the victims alleged that a
particular lecturer in the university (name withheld) turned his office into a
sex den, where he engages in sex with his female students in exchange for
marks, while the lucky ones have only their breasts molested sexually.
The statement by the students titled: ‘Sex for
Grades in Anambra State University: A Scandal of Gigantic Proportions, read in
part: “This shameful act is happening in departments such as English, Political
Science, Mass Communication, Banking and Finance, Micro Biology, Philosophy among
others.
"We recommend that closed-circuit television
(CCTV) cameras be mounted in and around staff offices in the institution.
“Dear amiable vice-chancellor, a lot is happening
in our Alma Mater, but many female students are afraid to speak out because of
the fear of being victimised by other lecturers, who are friends to the ones
exposed.
“We suggest that you set up a more accessible
process, where such evil cases could be reported. Also, plant your spies in all
departments if you can.
“These monsters will fight back and deny, but we want
them to know that we are fully armed to the teeth and ready for them.”
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