A lecturer and professor of the Faculty of Arts is set to face a panel over allegations of sexual harassment at the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
The secretary of the panel, B. D. Jonathan, said the institution’s management instituted a panel to investigate the allegations against the professor of Arts.
In a circular issued on Saturday, August 10, Mmr Jonathan urged members of staff and students with relevant information, or anybody who might have fallen victim to the lecturer’s escapades, to come forward and share it.
Although the identity of the professor was not revealed in the circular, the secretary of the panel said information gathered from the public would assist the committee in ensuring a thorough and fair investigation.
He said, “Be assured that your identity will be protected and all information will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
It was gathered that the university resolved to set up the investigative panel after a graduate of the university took to social media to call out the lecture.
The alumna had recounted how she allegedly suffered untold sexual harassment from the said professor during her undergraduate days.
