Malete Pelumi Adewole, a lecturer at the Kwara State University, has been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly sexually harassing a student.
Adewole was arrested by the State Intelligence Bureau for criminal intimidation, sexual harassment, and examination malpractices, among others.
According to the prosecution, the offenses contravene sections 397 and 95 of the Penal Code Law and Section 3(320) of the Examination Malpractices Act Cap. E15 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same law.
The first report from the Police said a petition which was dated October 15, 2021, was written by a student of Pure and Applied Science department KWASU, complaining of sexual harassment by a lecturer.
The police stated that the student alleged that the lecturer (Adewole) made threats to fail her in the forthcoming exams if she refuses to have sexual intercourse with him.
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Due to the threat, the police reportedly instructed the student to play along with him so as to get evidence.
“The lecturer thereafter lured the student into his bedroom around 8.30pm on Taoheed Road, Basin area, Ilorin, where he gave her a new question paper and answer script of KWASU to rewrite her exam with a promise to have sexual intercourse with her till daybreak.
“The suspect was, however, apprehended in the process by detectives from the SIB, who were hiding at a location,” the FIR stated.
The lead defense counsel, A.J. Opalekunde, prayed the court to grant his client bail in liberal terms, saying the defendant was still innocent until found guilty by the court.
The magistrate, Ibrahim Mohammed, granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with a surety in like sum.
The case was adjourned till December 8, 2021, for further mention.
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