Three academic staff have been sacked by the Lagos State University (LASU) following investigated allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.
According to LASU’s spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya, the institution’s Governing Council took the decision at its 119th Statutory Meeting on October 4, as recommended by the Joint Council/Senate (Academic) Disciplinary Committee.
Adekoya named the affected staff as Dr Sunkanmi Odubunmi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, and Dr Ajani Ogunwande, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry.
The statement further says: “Also, Dr Emmanuel Gbeleyi, Lecturer II, Department of Anatomy, Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja, Lagos.”
Meanwhile, the council has approved the promotion of 49 Academic Staff and 200 Non- Academic Staff into various positions.
The spokesman disclosed that 29 non-academic staff of the university had benefited from an internal recruitment exercise recently conducted by the university.
“They include 18 Administrative Officers II, three Technologists II, four System Analysts, two Academic Planning Officers II and two Industrial Liaison Officers,’’ he stated.
Adekoya, however, noted that the current authority of the university by the development had further demonstrated its zero-tolerance for sexual harassment and general indiscipline.
He said the decision of the university was also in line with its drive to continually promote the welfare of both deserving staff and students of the institution.
Reports say that Dr Odubunmi and Ogunwande had invited the female students, who failed their courses and had allegedly been harassed, to their office to write an exam on a Saturday.
The students had reported the lecturers to the university security unit who bombarded them with recorders to trap them in the act.
However, the LASUCOM lecturer, Gbeleyi was reported by two female students, who he asked to buy an injection, which he allegedly used to sedate them before he sexually took advantage of them.
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