August 03, (THEWILL) – The governing authorities of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, have suspended a lecturer in the Mass Communication department, Dr Udochukwu Ndukwe, for sexually harassing a female student of the university.
The suspension is slated to last for months within the period the matter will be investigated.
A letter signed by the school’s registrar, Dr Acho Elendu, on July 30, 2024, and obtained by our reporter, disclosed that Ndukwe would be investigated and would lose half of his pay in line with the University Conditions of Service pending the conclusion of the investigation for which a panel has been set up.
The lecturer, THEWILL gathered, was caught in a hotel room in Umuahia in a disturbing video clip, which has been trending on social media.
The suspension, which is for three (3) months in the first instance, with half salary, will be pending the conclusion of the investigation panel already set up to look into the matter.
The suspension letter partly reads. “Following the disturbing online video clip involving you, trending on social media, which has brought embarrassment to Abia State University, the Vice-chancellor, on behalf of the Governing Authorities, has approved your immediate suspension from duty for three (3) months in the first instance, with half salary, in line with the University conditions of service, pending the conclusion of the investigation, for which a panel has been set up.”
The suspended letter further described the lecturer’s actions as an “embarrassment and disgrace to himself”.
THEWILL further gathered that the lecturer has been, from time to time, accused of sexually harassing, intimidating and extorting female students of the department until he was allegedly set up by a final-year female student, who has been his victim in the past.
