The last has not been heard of the alleged sexual harassment of female law student of University of Calabar by Prof Cyril Ndifon.
Two prominent women are trading blame over the incident.
While the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohaneye is giving tacit support to Ndifon and warning students not to blackmail the lecturer, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Bisong had taken strong exception to the views of the Minister.
The Minister said thus :”Whoever lies in this Calabar sexual case will go to jail. I will personally make sure that all (guilty persons) involved in this shameful act shall be prosecuted and jailed. I am pleading with you, I want justice to be done.’
If you have complaints or anything to talk about concerning this case, head to the panel because the investigation is still ongoing. Go there and lay the complaint but don’t lie. Because if you lie, I will make sure you are prosecuted and jailed if found guilty.’
In a strong response, Prof Bisong said thus :’While I do not consider it expedient to respond to the disturbing audio, I wish to generally state that the students of the Faculty of Law on their own wrote and submitted a petition and protested against the suspended Dean. And as I know, those who have testified before the panel on both sexual harassment and other violations were not promoted by anyone.
The university should rather be commended for being on the right path which is directed towards academic excellence and creating an environment which is key to their survival in an ‘oppressive and dominant patriarchal culture that yields little or no space for women ‘
Credit: The PondNews