Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Courageous Victim of Lecturer SexualAbuse Stages Lone Protest on KASU Campus

The bottom line is that our Nigerian universities need a cultural revolution which will set as an operative norm, a principle that an instructor-of-record or research supervisor should not become sexually involved with his or her student, and should not demand or receive any financial inducement from his/her student in exchange for a favorable course grade. Any instructor of record who demonstrably violates that policy should be summarily dismissed. On the other hand, if a student approaches an instructor-of-record and attempts to induce that instructor with sex or money or both in return for a favorable course grade, that student should be referred to the Student Code of Conduct Tribunal for trial and expulsion.  Nothing short of an effective zero tolerance policy can bring about the afore-mentioned and badly-needed Cultural Revolution on our Nigerian university campuses. That's the bottom line!

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:00 AM OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:

We will await the Kaduna State investigation and conclude whether its one hit and you are out:  that is it will establish the propensity for re-offending among the convicted lecturers/ remorse and repentance (this cannot be assumed.)

OAA

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From: Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com>

Date: 24/10/2019 14:05 (GMT+00:00)

To: USAAfricaDialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Courageous Victim of Lecturer SexualAbuse  Stages Lone Protest on KASU Campus

The latest update, as twitted out by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is that the suspension of A.B Umar "is the first step" and that 15 other lecturers who were sacked by ABU for sexually abusing students and were then hired by Kaduna State University, KASU, will be investigated and eventually prosecuted. It now seems clear that KASU has been a refuge and "soft landing" spot for sexual predators fired from nearby ABU. These guys can even continue to  live in in their cozy homes in Zaria and commute to Kaduna to teach. In other words, instead of being punished or suffering any consequence for their crimes, they simply move to the neighboring university and continue where they left off, producing more student-victims.

Let this sink in: 16 lecturers dismissed for sexually preying on students in ABU promptly found a new home in KASU. This tells you that the system is populated by predators who look out for one another and make sure to rehabilitate those who are caught and fired. I would not be surprised to find some people in ABU who were fired from other places for sexual and ethical offenses. Nor would it surprise me if A. B Umar, upon being fired from KASU, finds employment in another institution in the region. It is a racket of evil that ensures the recycling of these monsters. 

And, of course, ASUU is silent on this but is curiously threatening to go on strike to protest the implementation of a salary payment transparency mechanism by the FG. Shame.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 7:24 PM Victor Okafor <vokafor@emich.edu> wrote:

My heart truly goes out to her. I feel for her. This is a rare heroic act when it's extremely difficult to be courageous. Nigeria's Attorney-General and Minister for Justice must step into this matter. As subscribers to this forum, we may have to draft and collectively sign and email a group petition to Nigeria's Attorney-General for a federal-level investigation into her's and similar cases. Her heroic act must not be allowed to go to waste! She also needs governmental protection.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 8:54 AM Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:

For me, this courageous woman (I don't know her name) wins the internet today. What a fighter! What an amazon! What an inspiration! She will not be silent. Conviction and the quest for justice are not about multitudes. She's reclaiming her dignity and will not rest until the animal who raped her in ABU is truly punished. What's the point of punishing these sexual predators if they are dismissed from one university (ABU) and then promptly get hired by another (Kaduna State University, KASU) to continue from where they stopped? Like Dr. A. B Umar, Professor Solomon Atere, who raped and impregnated and then forced a 16 year old student in his FUOYE department, was able to resign without any consequences and promptly got a job at the nearby Olabisi Onabanjo University. He is still employed there and may be preying on new student-victims. This is why, in my solutions essay on the Nigerian university crisis, I recommended the establishment of a national database of lecturers dismissed for sexual offenses and ethical violations, which universities considering the application of a prospective lecturer would consult. #SexForGrades

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