The Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Lagos (UNILAG ), Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has urged one Joy
Nwanna, a former student, and popular blogger, Linda Ikeji, to appear before
its s3xual harassment panel.
The Vice-Chancellor, who made the
appeal Monday at the Senate chambers in Abuja, said the appearance of the duo
would help the Prof Chioma Agonmo-led panel to unravel Joy’s allegations of
sexual harassment against Prof Segun Awonusi of the university’s English
department.
He assured them of protection
should they come forward.
In May, Linda Ikeji featured a
post of semi-nude photographs of Awonusi sent by Nwanna who accused him and
others in the university’s English department of sexual harassment.
Nwanna was a student of the
University between 2012/2013 and 2015/2016 academic sessions.
In investigating the matter, Prof
Ogundipe said the five-member panel dug into contacts from Miss Nwanna’s
student records and tried reaching out to her and her next of kin but met a
brick wall.
“She gave us the name of the next
of kin, Samuel Nwanna. His number is 08060971976. We called but it did not go
through.
“Her sponsor is known as
Idighisai Grace. The phone number is 07033543627. We got in touch but it was
another person that responded.
“The number with us concerning
Joy Nwanna is 07035574747. It was one Yakubu Idris that picked the call.
“This particular individual had
different personalities. If she is ready to attend to the request of the panel,
we will give her necessary cover.
“And even Linda Ikeji, who is an
alumnus, we are appealing that as a proud alumnus of this university, she
should assist this university to get to the bottom of this issue so that the
name of the University will not be ridiculed.
“The email address she used to
getting across to Awonusi, we sent a mail but got no reply.”
The VC said Awonusi on his part
had appeared before the panel twice.
“Awonusi submitted a written
report; the committee looked at the report. He submitted the email she sent to
him and appeared before the panel twice,” he said.
Unfortunately, Ogundipe said the
panel got no response from any other students regarding the sexual harassment
case.
“The panel called on other
students who had information about the case or others to come forward but
nobody came forward,” he said.
Ogundipe said the University
would not rule out using law enforcement agencies to trace Nwanna.
The VC urged members of the
public with relevant information on the victim to help the University with the
investigation.
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