Students force lecturer to mop floor, wash toilet

A lecturer in the English Department, Ibrahim
Badamosi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State,
Isiaq Yusuf, popularly called I.G. Yusuf , has become
an object of ridicule after he was caught naked in his
student’s apartment.
The fiancé of the 400-level student and his friend, who
caught Yusuf while he was allegedly prepared to have
sex with her, made him to mop the living room, wash
the toilet, and took his nude pictures, which had gone
viral.
The lecturer had reportedly insisted on sleeping with
the student so she could pass ENG 201 titled, “History
of English Language in Nigeria”.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the final year student, who
had failed the course consecutively, became frustrated
and feared the lecturer could fail her again, thereby
extending her year of study.
She was said to have told her fiancé about the problem
she was having with the lecturer and a plan was made
to end the lecturer’s harassment.
“ENG 201 is taken in the first semester and exams will
soon commence. Last Wednesday, the fiancé and his
friend went to Mercy’s residence outside the campus.
The lecturer was bent on having sex with her before
she could pass the course.
“They told her to invite Mr. Yusuf to come and do what
he was demanding while they hid in the toilet. As the
lecturer removed his clothes to sleep with her, they
came out of the toilet. They gave him a mop to clean
the toilet and the living room,” one of the students,
who did not want his name in print, told our
correspondent.
Another student said the lecturer had been accused of
sexually harassing female students.
“But there was no evidence to nail him until now. The
department is aware of the incident and it has been
taken up by the school management. According to
information, he will face a panel on Monday (today) or
Tuesday,” he added.
An alumnus of the university, who finished from the
department, told PUNCH Metro that he had advised the
lecturer to get married.
“He is about 50-year-old and currently studying for his
PhD. I had advised him to stop chasing female
students and start his own family. This is a big shame
and a lifetime embarrassment,” the ex-student added.
The Chairman of the university’s Servicom Unit, which
sees to complaints lodged to the school, Dr Ebenezer
Ogungbe, said he learnt about the incident on the
social media, adding that appropriate disciplinary
actions would be taken.
He said, “There are laid down rules when things like
this happen. So, the rules will be followed. A committee
will be put in place to investigate the matter so that
justice is done.”
The management, on the institution’s website,
confirmed that a committee had been set up to
investigate the case and promised to do justice to the
case.
The statement read, “The university management is
aware of the recent unfortunate incident between a
male lecturer and a female student. In view of this, the
management has set up a committee to investigate the
immediate and remote cause(s) of the incident. The
committee is headed by the deputy vice-chancellor and
involves all stakeholders in the matter.
“Accordingly, all parties involved are hereby advised to
exercise restraint. The university community and the
general public are assured of the management’s
resolve to take appropriate disciplinary action against
any party found guilty.”
However, the lecturer denied the allegation that he
attempted to have sex with the student. He stated that
she connived with some men to kidnap him on his way
home around 10pm on Tuesday, adding that he was
forced to remove his clothes.
He said, “There was a test conducted by a fellow
lecturer on Tuesday for 400-level students. I don’t take
any course at that level. They had to be split into two
and the lecturer invited me to assist him to administer
the test. Towards the end of the test, I noticed there
was a boy sitting in front of the girl. He raised his
paper up for the girl to copy.
“I saw them and warned the boy. He just smiled
instead of him to obey my warning and continued. I
asked to forward his paper if he had finished and he
reluctantly forwarded it to me. The rule of test is that if
you are found cheating, we will tear your paper. I
wrote on his paper ‘found cheating’. I tore the paper
and threw it into a dustbin.
“Later in the evening, I began to receive calls from this
girl, asking me to see her. She said the boy whose
paper I tore had not let her have peace and that he
wanted to see me so that the lecturer could consider
him for a make-up (test). I told her she should let us
meet the next day.
“On my way home, as I reached a junction leading to
her house, I saw her standing by the roadside with
some men. As soon as she entered my car, the men
also entered from behind and pressed a metal on my
back. So, I drove until they got to the house.
“As soon as I got into the room, they removed my
clothes and poured water on me. They demanded N2m
ransom from me. I have been traumatised. Presently, I
have been suspended and will appear before a panel
on Monday (today).”
Yusuf explained further that she had never taught the
student ENG 201, saying that she “actually failed two
courses he taught her in 300-level.”
“She passed four courses I had taught her in 100 and
200 levels,” he added.


SOURCE.. PUNCH