UNIBEN professor faces panel over sexual harassment claims
The University of Benin has inaugurated a panel to investigate the allegation of sexual harassment against a professor in the Faculty of Arts.
The university announced the inauguration of the panel in a circular issued by the secretary of the panel, B. D. Jonathan.
The panel, however, did not disclose the identity of the lecturer in the circular.
It urged members of staff and students with relevant information, or anybody who might have fallen victim to the lecturer’s escapades, to come forward and share it.
According to the circular, the information will assist the committee in ensuring a thorough and fair investigation.
“Be assured that your identity will be protected, and all information will be treated with utmost confidentiality,” it added.
The university decided to set up the investigative panel after a graduate of the university took to social media to call out the lecture.
The alumna recounted how she allegedly suffered sexual harassment at the hands of the professor during her undergraduate days.
(NAN)
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