The Governing Council of the Osun State
University, Osogbo, has terminated the appointment of Dr. Olabode
Ojoniyi of the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Ikire Campus,
caught on video having an amorous relationship with one of his students,
Mercy Ikwue.
The Governing Council headed by Mallam Yusuf Ali SAN, sacked the
lecturer, who appeared nude on a bed in a hotel room and caressing
Miss Ikwue.
A member of the Governing Council confirmed the sacking of Ojoniyi to Punch
He said, “The Council met last week and
the report of the panel that investigated Ojoniyi’s amorous affair with
the female student was deliberated upon. His appointment was terminated
because that is the penalty stated in the Code of Conduct of Staff of
Osun State University.”
Apart from the member of the Governing
Council, three other lecturers including two professors confirmed to our
correspondent that Ojoniyi had been sacked.
Ojoniyi’s sex act was captured in a video which is believed to have been surreptitiously recorded by the female student.
The female student was said to have been
pressurised by Ojoniyi for sex and she eventually agreed and followed
him to their agreed place with a laptop computer from which she
pretended to be watching a movie, Things Fall Apart. Unknown to him, Miss Ikwue was actually recording their sexual activities.
Ojoniyi had accused one of the lecturers
of the university, who was recently dismissed for an alleged misconduct
as the person behind the drama. According to him, the lady was
contracted to blackmail him. But Ojoniyi did not deny being the one in
the video.
The video clip went viral afterwards and
Ojoniyi, when contacted by our correspondent did not deny that he was
the one in the video and did not say his image was manipulated. He only
blamed his detractors for the incident.
The Acting Registrar of UNIOSUN, Bayo
Shittu, who doubles as the secretary of the council, did not pick
repeated calls put across to his telephone line.
He had yet to reply to the text sent to him to officially confirm the sacking as of the time of filing this report.
A professor at the university recently resigned his appointment over the alleged rape of a female student in his office.
Some lecturers and students of the
university told our correspondent that the professor knew that he would
be sacked if the case was investigated and he hurriedly resigned to
prevent the embarrassment which would follow.
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