By Akubulu Ngozi
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has reportedly filed a sexual harassment suit against the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Professor Cyril Ndifon.
This is coming after some female students from the faculty of law, in August staged a protest in the faculty and accused Ndifon of sexual harassment, instigating the University Management to suspend him and constituted a panel to investigate the allegations against him
Sequel to this, the ICPC and the Department of State Services (DSS) on October 4, 2023 arrested Ndifon in Calabar, after his refusal to honour the invitations extended to him.
However, lately, the ICPC presented the counts against Prof Ndifon, with the charge sheet number: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2023, ICPC is arraigning the Senior Lecturer for sexual harassment, official corruption and abuse of office contrary to sections 8, 18 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
One of the counts read: “That you, Professor CYRIL OSIM NDIFON (m) between June-September, 2023 at Calabar, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court and while being a public officer charged with responsibility for the certification of students as fit in learning and character as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor’s Degree in law and admission into the Nigeria Law School, used your office and position as the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar to gratify yourself by soliciting for nude photographs and videos from one Ms. ABC (not real name), a year 2 diploma student of the University of Calabar, through WhatsApp chats on your telephone number 0803*** and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under S. 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.”