The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the union would not oppose any sanction against the lecturer allegedly involved in a sex scandal in a video trending on social media.
Dr Oyibo Eze, Chairperson of ASUU, University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN) said this in Nsukka on Tuesday while reacting to the alleged attempt by a lecturer in UNN to have sex with a female student in his office on Monday.
“ASUU will not oppose any sanction if after investigations, the suspect is found guilty of allegation to have attempted to have sex with a female student in his office.
“We should all know that every action has its consequences,” he said.
He said that ASUU condemned the alleged act by the lecturer identified as Mr. David Udom-Udom of the Social Science Unit, School of General Studies (GS) of the UNN.
“I saw the trending video of the alleged act yesterday and this morning I went to GS department and confirmed the incident in the viral video on Monday.
“Lecturers should see students as their children by displaying high sense of discipline, morality and avoid asking sex for mark.
“It is condemnable and that is what happens when a dog eats the bone hung on its neck.
“Our job as lecturers is to teach students not to harass them sexually,” he said.
Reacting to the incident, Comrade Enoch Utazi, the President, Students Union Government (SUG) of the UNN, also condemned the alleged act by Udom to have sex with a student for mark.
Utazi said SUG would follow the matter to its logical conclusion to ensure that the affected randy lecturer was punished according to the rules and regulations of the university.
“SUG will ensure this randy lecturer is punished to serve as deterrent to others who exploit female students sexually in order to give them mark,” Utazi said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chris Alumona, the Chief Security Officer of UNN, when contacted, confirmed the incident and said that the randy lecturer Udom-Udom had been arrested and handed over to the police.
Alumona said his office acted on a tip-off from the UNN Department of Students Affairs on what was happening on Monday in Udom’s office.
