Sexual Harassment: Court Acquits UI Professor
A Federal High court sitting in Ibadan has discharged and acquitted a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Professor Martins Fabunmi, of alleged sexual harassment of a female student of the institution, Miss Thelma Uzoma Adoseh. As a result of the allegation, the university management had reportedly dismissed him from service. The presiding judge, Justice Abdulmalik J.O, while delivering judgment said it was curious that parents, whose children were accused of assault and armed robbery or whose daughter was sexually abused would in turn write a letter of apology to the alleged molester. He noted that “the ‘Exhibit E’ definitely deflates the hype from the applicants’ suits because it begs reasoning”. Fabunmi had earlier reported Adoseh, Kolawole Adesina, Peter Ogere and Olufemi Adesina, students of the institution at Ibadan Divisional Police Station, Sango over allegation of assault and armed robbery and upon which they were arrested and later granted administrative bail. Bu...