The identity of a University of Lagos lecturer, who is embroiled in a sex-for-mark-scandal has been found out – He is Professor Segun Awonusi.
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A student of the institution in the English Department had sent the nude pictures of the lecturer to Linda Ikeji Blog, LIB, claiming he was pestering her for sex in return for mark.
In her complaint to the blog, which was published, the lecturer’s name, and that of his accuser were kept under wraps.
“I have been suffering this for months now. Whenever students go to his office for anything he is always trying to touch you. I took pictures of him on one of the days I entered his office. He has made molestation a part of him. I’m even scared for my life in UNILAG. That’s why I’m reaching out to you so he can be stopped.
“He is a professor(sic) in the English department, Faculty of Arts. I am not his first victim. He does this all the time to students. I have completely given up when it comes to academics he has failed me on tests before. When I talked to him concerning it he told me I should know what to do I am an adult. I feel so dirty for even allowing such an old man touch me. But he doesn’t even care.
“As long as you satisfy his wants, I’m tired of everything. He should be stopped before he ruins the lives of other innocent girls in that English Department. When he touches me I am always in tears but it doesn’t stop him. Please this is why i am reaching out all I want is for him to be stopped. He is destroying the mental state of girls in UNILAG.
“I just want him stopped. I reached out because I don’t want him to continue molesting girls. The English department is like a cult. The lecturers have information amongst themselves. They talk about the girls they have slept with and the ones they plan to sleep with. It has been going on for years,” the blog quoted the alleged victim as saying.
However, investigation by OrijoReporter, has blown off the lid on the lecturer’s identity. It gathered that the pictured lecturer is Prof. Awonusi of the Department of English.
The alleged randy lecturer, according to information pieced together, was in the twilight of his career as he is nearing retirement. He is said to be a phonetic scholar popular in Unilag for his cut-glass Queen’s English accent and has an annual phonetics competition named after him, an event held in the institution’s campus.
Meanwhile, Unilag management has said it will get to the root of the matter promising to investigate the allegation, which report is trending on social media.
The institution made this known in a statement signed by the Communication Unit, Corporate Affairs Directorate, UNILAG, and it reads in part; “Management will tackle the allegation with every sense of responsibility and seriousness that the matter deserves. The issue will be thoroughly investigated with transparency.”
