- Man arrested in Ekiti for raping four-year-old girl in Ekiti
The management of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, on Saturday, announced the arrest of two members of its vigilante group for allegedly raping a female student of the institution.
Olufemi Atoyebi, the university’s public relations officer, gave a statement on behalf of the management, informing them that an internal panel had been formed to look into the allegation.
According to Atoyebi, the suspects have been turned over to the police with an assurance that, upon thorough investigation, anyone found guilty will face harsh punishment.
Thus, he gave all parties involved his word that the organization would not put up with any misbehavior that could damage its stellar reputation.
The statement read in part, “Management of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo received with shock a report of alleged rape of one of our female students on Thursday, May 9, 2024, by two members of our vigilance group.
“The management promptly handed over to the police, the two people alleged to have committed the crime while the university has set up its own internal panel of inquiry to investigate the allegation
“The management wishes to assure all stakeholders that ACU will not tolerate any act of misconduct capable of tarnishing its enviable image.
“Raising Godly intellectuals is our primary goal in ACU and we will not allow any act of misconduct capable of diverting our attention from our goal. Heavy penalty awaits anyone who is found culpable after our thorough investigation.”
Meanwhile, officers of the Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one Afolabi Ojo for allegedly raping a four-year-old pupil even as angry Students of the English Department at the Federal University Lokoja in Kogi State on Friday gave stripped a male lecturer to his undergarment over alleged sexual harassment.
Leadership reports that the mother of the four-year-old girl reported the incident at the NSCDC Command in Ado-Ekiti, where she informed officials that the assault took place on Olujoda Street. Subsequently, the suspect was arrested.
During questioning, the girl disclosed that the suspect had removed her underwear and sexually assaulted her late in April.
Also, the girl’s mother stated that her daughter had confided in her about the incident.
However, the suspect denied all allegations, claiming he was falsely accused.
The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in the state, Tolu Afolabi, confirmed that a medical examination conducted on the girl revealed the rupture of her hymen.
Again,, Afolabi stated that the command had initiated an investigation into the matter.
In a related development, a lecturer who was accused of constantly sexually harassing female students , was stripped naked by a number of his victims who banded together to carry out the action.
The lecturer whose full name was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, was said to be notorious in sexually harassing female undergraduates of the English Department where he teaches.
According to a report, the lecturer was stripped to his boxers by his students. It took the intervention of security personnel at the university to save him from further disgrace.
The lecturer was however interrogated by the ladies during which he implicated his colleagues, including the Head of the Department (HOD), claiming that they usually provide him with names of female students to either “pass or fail” based on their level of intimacy or absence with them.
Spokesperson of the university, Daniel Iyke, said that the management was already aware of the development and had immediately set up machinery to investigate the case, as per Nation Newspaper report.
“The thing is that the university has its own internal mechanism in taking care of it.
“The report has been brought to the attention of the vice-chancellor, and he has set up a body to look into it. This was done immediately and the report or outcome will be made known as soon as it comes out. At this point, this is all I can volunteer,” he said.
