Authorities of the University of Lagos on Sunday have disowned the randy lecturer, Dr. Akin Baruwa, who allegedly raped an 18-year-old admission seeker.
Baruwa allegedly raped the young girl (name withheld), who is seeking admission to the university, in his office on July 23, 2015.
The lecturer, currently in detention at the Kirikiri Prison, was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday.
But speaking with PUNCH on Sunday, the Head, Information Unit of the university, Mr. Olagoke Oke, said Baruwa was not an employee of the institution.
According to him, no such name exists on the university’s employee list whether teaching or non- teaching.
He added: “The said Dr. Baruwa is a not a member of staff of the university, whether teaching or non-teaching. He also does not belong to the part-time or full-time teaching staff of the school. His name is not on the master list of workers of the university. I have checked the staff list using his full name and initials and could not come up with any such name as of Friday, August 6, 2015.
I have also checked the list of office accommodation given to members of staff of the university and his name is not there. There is no office allocation attached to such a name. How he reportedly entered the said office where the crime took place is what we are looking into as an institution.
While we sympathise with the alleged victim, we are ready to cooperate with every agency of government to get to the root of the matter as soon as possible. As an institution, we do not support any act of violence, not even against women. Therefore, we will help to ensure that the case comes to a logical conclusion.” Meanwhile, as the authorities disowned the lecturer, some students, in the Faculty of Business Administration, who craved anonymity for fear of victimisation, claimed that the suspect was a part-time lecturer of the accounting department of the university.
One of them said: “I know him as a part-time lecturer in the accounting department. I wonder what the university wants to achieve now by trying to disown him.” The Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Prof. Rasheed Ojikutu, could not be reached as of 6pm on Sunday.
Baruwa, who the police in Lagos arrested on August 3, reportedly confessed to the act but claimed that the sex was by mutual consent. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 10-08-2015 06:37 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
PoliticxGuru at 10-08-2015 07:23 AM (8 years ago) (m)
I can see u guys are protecting the image of the school ok na, how can somebody b operating in ur institution, under ur very nose and claims u don't knw him? wat an irony
Posted: at 10-08-2015 07:23 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
Blessed75 at 10-08-2015 02:11 PM (8 years ago) (m)
I can see u guys are protecting the image of the school ok na, how can somebody b operating in ur institution, under ur very nose and claims u don't knw him?Huh?Huh? wat an irony
Some people said you are desperately on the trail of the weekly 10k.. no more ''Wasted Generation,i can see that it's true
Posted: at 10-08-2015 02:11 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Blessed75 at 10-08-2015 02:11 PM (8 years ago) (m)
I can see u guys are protecting the image of the school ok na, how can somebody b operating in ur institution, under ur very nose and claims u don't knw him?Huh?Huh? wat an irony
Some people said you are desperately on the trail of the weekly 10k.. no more ''Wasted Generation,i can see that it's true
Posted: at 10-08-2015 02:11 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
I can see dat d university is protecting d name of d sch but I don't believe dat man will jt thru d unilagos dat I kn very well and use a space among d offices dat have many lecturer office and no body kn or sispect. And d man has lost all d sleepless night and stuggle to becum a lecturer jt for one day cus of 5mins pleasure.
Posted: at 10-08-2015 02:32 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
They would most likely deny him for fear of the authorities looking into the goings on in the institution. I'm sure quite a lot of them are culpable of the same crime. They have, however, shot themselves in the foot in their hurry to deny their colleague and most likely, partner in crime. How else can they explain a non staff owning keys to an office in the institution and even exhibiting a certain level of familiarity in the office (knowing where the coffee, cups etc. are kept).
Posted: at 10-08-2015 03:23 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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