Alleged sexual harassment: Suspended UNICAL Don knows fate Nov 17

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has fixed Nov. 17 for judgement successful a intersexual harassment lawsuit filed against suspended University of Calabar lecturer Prof. Cyril Ndifon.

Justice James Omotosho fixed the day aft counsel for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Osuobeni Akponimisingha, and the defence lawyer, Joe Agi, SAN, adopted their last written addresses successful the case.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ndifon is the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law astatine the University of Calabar (UNICAL), accused of harassing immoderate pistillate students of the schoolhouse sexually.

The suspended prof closed his defence aft calling 2 witnesses to antagonistic the allegations levelled against him and his co-defendant, Sunny Anyanwu, by the anti-corruption commission.

While Ndifon was the archetypal defence witnesser (DW-1), CSP Babagana Mingali, a forensic expert who works astatine the laboratory of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), was the DW-2.

Justice Omotosho had, connected March 6, 2024, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Ndifon and Anyanwu against the ICPC charge.

The judge, successful a ruling, held that the grounds led by the prosecution constituted a prima facie lawsuit against the duo.

The judge, therefore, ordered Ndifon and Anyanwu to participate their defence.

The ICPC, successful the alleged intersexual harassment charge, preferred a four-count amended complaint against Ndifon and Anyanwu, who was earlier a subordinate of his squad of lawyers.

They were accused of alleged intersexual harassment, cybercrime and attempting to pervert the people of justice.

The ICPC alleged that Ndifon, portion serving arsenic the Dean of the Faculty of Law astatine UNICAL, asked the pistillate diploma student, identified arsenic TKJ and a prima witness, to nonstop him “pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs of herself” done WhatsApp chats.

Anyanwu, 1 of the lawyers of the defence, was joined successful the amended complaint filed connected Jan. 22, 2024, by the committee connected the allegation that helium called the prima witnesser connected her mobile telephone during the pendency of the complaint against Ndifon to endanger her.

They, however, pleaded not blameworthy to each the counts.

The anti-corruption committee had, connected Feb 14, 2024, closed its lawsuit against the suspended prof Anyanwu.

ICPC counsel, Akponimisingha, told Justice Omotosho aft Bwaigu Fungo, the 4th prosecution witness, a forensic and quality expert with the commission, was cross-examined by the defence lawyer. (NAN)

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