The management of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife has suspended one Monday Omo-Etan, a lecturer for
assaulting a 19-year-old student.
The suspension was announced on Wednesday.
The institution also said Omo-Etan had been handed over to the police for further investigation.
A
statement by the OAU Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju,
read, “Less than three weeks after the Management of Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife, expressed its zero tolerance against sexual
harassment by investigating and suspending a lecturer of the Department
of International Relations, Mr Olabisi Olaleye, the university has
suspended a worker of the OAU Centre for Distance Learning for sexually
molesting a 19-year-old female student.
“The university has also handed over the tutor, Mr Monday Omo-Etan, to the police.
“The
Management has reinstated her commitment to the total eradication of
any form of sexual harassment, molestation or other social vices.”