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Nigeria university suspends ‘sex for grades’ pastor

7:38 CAT | 07 Oct 2019

Boniface Igbeneghu sexually harassed a 17-year-old girl

The University of Lagos in Nigeria says it has suspended a lecturer featured in a BBC documentary on sexual harassment at two top West African universities.

This comes shortly after Boniface Igbeneghu, who is also a pastor, was suspended by his church.

There has been an outcry on social media after a report by BBC’s Africa Eye revealed secret footage of Dr Igbeneghu propositioning and sexually harassing an undercover reporter, posing as a prospective student.

The Foursquare church, where the lecturer was also a pastor, said in a statement it does not condone sexual misconduct, and has distanced itself from Dr Igbeneghu’s alleged behaviour.

The BBC report is part of a year-long investigation into sexual harassment by professors at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana.

The University of Lagos says it has a zero-tolerance policy toward sexual harassment, and it would dismiss any staff against whom evidence of wrongdoing was proven.

The University of Ghana categorically denies protecting any staff or students who have engaged in sexual harassment, and says it will investigate those named in the report.

Dr Igbeneghu has not commented on the video.

For the past year, BBC Africa Eye has been secretly investigating sexual harassment by lecturers at West Africa’s most prestigious universities.

Stay tuned… ?#BBCAfricaEye l #SexForGrades pic.twitter.com/GSi0dcvwry

— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) October 6, 2019

I couldn’t even finish the #sexforgrades video before tearing up.
I remember when I told my parents about the lecturers harassing me for sex.
One kept seizing my papers during tests and arguing that I wasn’t a virgin while promising to “take care of me” for grades.

— Asphodel • Pineapple Pizza Advocate. (@TheIfedolapo) October 7, 2019

That BBC #SexForGrades documentary will send shock waves in Nigerian universities. This thing happen more often than we can imagine. And most of these students are scared/ashamed to say anything about it. This documentary is indeed a huge respite.

— Kelvin Odanz (@MrOdanz) October 7, 2019

Great job BBC Africa and everyone involved. Students should never be sexually harassed or intimidated by folks in power, Lecturers and Academics. Now, we need the regulators like NUC and others to enforce institutional changes. #SexForGrades

— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) October 7, 2019

Source: BBC