Miss Jennifer Utulu, a postgraduate student of the University of Lagos has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against two of her lecturers over alleged abuse of office and sexual harassment. The two accused lecturers with the Department of Creative Arts are Dr Felix Emoruwa and Dr Adebisi Ademakinwa (associate professor).
University Of Lagos Postgraduate Student Petitions Nigeria Anti-Corruption Body, ICPC Over Alleged Sexual Harassment, Academic Frustration By Two LecturersThe two accused lecturers with the Department of Creative Arts are Dr Felix Emoruwa and Dr Adebisi Ademakinwa .
The petition dated June 23, 2023, and addressed to ICPC Chairman, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye is titled:"Petition against Dr Felix Emoruwa and Dr Adebisi Ademakinwa for abusing their offices by corruptly demanding sexual gratification from Miss Jennifer Utulu on account of supervising her Post Graduate Degree Thesis at the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos contrary to Sections 12 and 14 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act No. 6 of 2003".
"Trouble began for our client when she did her Masters Degree Program at the same University during the 2012/2013 Academic Session and Dr Felix Emoruwa was assigned as her Project Supervisor. It happened that the said Emoruwa developed likeness for our client and started making moves to have an amoral relationship with her."
The petition said from that moment, it became clear that Dr Emoruwa had at all material times looked for every possible means to frustrate"our client during her Masters Degree Program”. "Our client acted with the mindset that the PhD Program would be different since students and lecturers are assumed to be more mature. It happened that Dr Emoruwa asked our client to pick Associate Professor Adebisi Ademakinwa as her second Supervisor which she did, not knowing the trauma and agony that the lecturers had planned against her. Like a nightmare that refused to go away, Dr.
“Most of the time our client would laugh off the situation and warn Dr. Felix Emoruwa to desist from harassing her but nothing changed. Screenshots of vulgar messages sent by Dr. Felix Emoruwa from his telephone numbers to our client are attached as ANNEXURE 9. “Our client was so terrified and tried to run out of the office but the door was locked. While she sat back on the sofa, Associate Professor Adebisi Ademakinwa sat close to her and began to run his hands down her thighs saying “don’t worry, I have a condom in my pocket and you will be protected”.
"Our client out of frustration made some posts on her Instagram page about what Dr. Felix Emoruwa and Associate Professor Adebisi Ademakinwa were making her pass through on account of supervising her Thesis. This caught the attention of her colleague named Dr Toyin Olokodana who organized a meeting on 20th October, 2020 in the Conference Room of Creative Arts Department to reconcile the issues.
"Our client later moved to stay with her parents in Makurdi, Benue State and they sought to her finish the Project work at the Benue State University where her mother lectures. The Benue State University authority asked her to transfer her results from University of Lagos but the Sub Dean at the Postgraduate School, University of Lagos when contacted urged that she come back and look for a way to finish.
"It is over three months since the Fact-Finding Committee interacted with the parties but no response has been sent to our client from the Vice Chancellor till this moment. This has created suspicion in her mind that the University authority may have swept the allegations of sexual harassment under the carpet due to fellow feelings for Dr Emoruwa and Associate Professor Ademakinwa.
When SaharaReporters contacted the accused lecturers for their reactions, they refused to speak on the matter until they got clearance from the University authority to do so.
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