Not only have the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife unveiled the student who goes by the name, Monica Osagie who exposed Profess
Not only have the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife unveiled the student who goes by the name, Monica Osagie who exposed Professor Richard Akindele for asking her for sex in other to upgrade her scores, she has also opened up on the trending saga. Masters in Business Administration student has denied shunning an invitation by the panel probing the audio tapes of her conversation with the disgraced Professor who demanded five rounds of sex for marks.
Monica Osagie made the denial via proxy, and said she was awaiting an invitation by the panel. Her proxy, Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, Founder, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, a non-profit organisation, said that the university did not at any point invite Miss Osagie to face the panel. She challenged the university to bring evidence that she was formally invited by any means to appear before the panel.
“Before the matter went viral, the university was aware of it and they did not do anything. If the case did not go viral, the university probably would have not done anything and it would have been swept under the carpet. I think that we should focus more on whether the act of that professor amounts to sexual harassment, whether it was a breach of the school’s code of conduct, whether it was a breach of terms of contract for lecturers or whether he abused the relationship that should exist between lecturers and students.”
Afolabi stated that the university should be responsible and responsive in addressing issues of sexual harassment because Miss Monica Osagie is ready to come out whenever the university extends a proper invitation to her, adding that it appears the school wants to protect its reputation at the expense of the young lady. Akiyode-Afolabi further noted that even though Miss Osagie made the recording to serve as evidence against her lecturer, she didn’t release the audio. She got the evidence and it was given to one or two people when she was seeking for help. So definitely one of them released the audio, and she cannot be blamed for it.
Akiyode-Afolabi stated that there has not been any threat made against Monica Osagie. Akiyode-Afolabi said Monica hasn’t done anything wrong and is unapologetic about what she did.
“I think society should focus on what really happened, and whether such should happen in higher institutions of learning and not about what she did.”
According to the panel report, only the suspended lecturer honoured its invitation while the lady neither showed up before the panel to defend her case nor wrote a formal complaint to the institution to defend the leaked audio.
“We will like to reiterate that OAU will continue to do everything legally and morally acceptable in pursuance of its avowed commitment to zero tolerance for sexual harassment, intimidation and, or coercion,” the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the sex for mark professor has since been suspended indefinitely.
