Sex-For-Marks Scandal: Lawyer Speaks On Possible Outcome Of C’ttee Report

The committee set up to probe the sex for marks scandal involving a professor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Richard Akindele, will on Wednesday, release its report, following its one-week investigation.

Recall that Professor Akindele allegedly asked a female student for sex in order to move up her score from 33 to a pass mark.

Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, said the institution may involve the police to verify the telephone conversation involving the Professor and the student peradventure the report of the committee runs into a hitch.

He said, “We have a committee that is investigating the matter now and we gave them one week to submit their report. If we run into any hitch, we can use all the resources available to get to where we are going. But once things are running smoothly, we may not need to involve the police.

“But we must first identify those involved and where they are; if we have any problem doing that, then that is when the university will invite the police.

“The committee’s one week will elapse by Wednesday. We will brief you about it. I need to state that we have excellent relationship with the police, the DSS and others.”

Imisioluwa Jemisenia, a seasoned lawyer, who spoke on the possible outcome of the committee’s report, said it might be deadlocked as there is no accuser.

“There is no accuser. Whatever the school can do is administrative. The girl didn’t come out so their hands are tied.

“What the professor would have done will be to resign giving the chaos of the scandal.

“We can only wait to see what they will say,” he said.

“From the legal perspective, there is really nothing that can happen because the accuser didn’t step forward,” he added.

He however said that if the institution can decide to involve the police to get to the root of the matter, then it can ensure that the truth is revealed.

“If the university will go the extra mile to involve the police, then it should also be able to take necessary actions to dish out the truth,” he said.