Akindele Omotosho, a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Yaba, Lagos, has been accused of sexually harassing a student of the institution.
Omotosho was alleged to have kissed the female student in his office, moments after she assisted him in carrying his bag from his car to the office on April 7.
Perpetual Mbanefo (not real name), the victim, who is a second-year student of the department, told FIJ that she felt violated after the incident.
She also said she was able to flee the lecturer’s office before things got out of hand.
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“On that Thursday, he saw me and asked me to help him carry his bag to his office on the second floor of the department,” Mbanefo told FIJ.
“We both carried stuff from his car to his office, but after reaching there, he told me to go get something else from the car.
“When I came back, he just grabbed me and kissed me on the lips. It lasted for about two seconds.”
According to Mbanefo, since the incident, the lecturer has neither spoken to her about it nor apologised.
When FIJ contacted Omotosho for comments on the allegation, he resorted to verbal abuse.
“Are you mad ni? Who trained you to be a journalist? Stop texting me or I will report you and your number. Bastard!” he said.
Other sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, told FIJ that the lecturer is notorious for harassing female students on campus. They added that he would always promise them academic favours in exchange for illicit affairs.
This report was produced with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability project (CMEDIA) funded by the MacArthur Foundation
