S*x-for-Grade: Female Lecturer Sacked as S*x Scandal Rocks Ebonyi State University

 

The management of Ebonyi State University has wielded the big stick against a female lecturer for sexually harrassing a student.

 

The female lecturer in the Faculty of Education was sacked last week by the university's Council as deterrent for others participating in the act.

 

Accoriding to Daily Sun, students of the school have been raising alarm over the increased spate of sexual harassment and exploitation meted to them by some lecturers in the institution before the incident.

 

Some of the studentstold Daily Sun that some lecturers in the university demanded s*x, and in some cases, financial gratification before they could pass their courses. Also, a male lecturer in the Department of History and International Relations of the institution, (names withheld by us), was suspended by the management of the institution over alleged sexual misconduct with female students and other unethical practices.

 

The suspended lecturer, Daily Sun gathered, was allegedly in the habit of seeking sexual and financial gratification from students before they could pass the course handled by him.

 

Some students of the institution who spoke to Daily Sun lamented that the ugly trend was rapidly increasing in the institution. They said that it was now “normal among students.” They lamented that they pay between N10,000 and N30,000 or offer s*x for them to pass certain courses in the school.

 

Some students who spoke with our reporter on the condition of anonymity accused the lecturer of demanding s*x from some female students before they could scale through in his course.

 

When contacted on the telephone, the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Francis Idike, confirmed the incident. He said that although the menace of s*x-for-marks was rampant in the school, his administration is making spirited effort to sanitize the system.

 

He said: “I know that there is a case involving this particular young man. I also know that by Friday the first report on the young man from the (disciplinary) committee came to me. I also know that I am currently studying the report at the end of which I will send it to the management for decision. The lecturer is on suspension.

 

Asked about the number of cases on his table, the Vice Chancellor said: “I don’t have the total number off hand, but I know there are so many of it. In fact, there was one we just decided last week based on s*x for grade.”