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Kaduna State University (KASU), has sacked Dr Idowu Abbas of the Geography Department, over alleged sexual harassment.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, confirmed this in a statement in Kaduna, Friday.
Ashafa said that the university’s Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee, chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), investigated the alleged sexual harassment against the lecturer.
He said that the report was presented at the 217th Management Meeting of the institution he chaired on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Muhammad Tanko, on Jan. 12.
He said that the management dismissed Abbas from the service of the university and directed that all students under his supervision be reassigned to a descent lecturer in the department.
“According to the report, Abbas confessed in his testimony to have touched and hugged a female student he was supervising her project from behind against her will, when she went to his office to discuss her project.
This gross misconduct violated Section 8.7 Paragraph (f) of the Administrative and Academic Regulations in Kaduna State University.
“The regulations state that ‘victimization/harassment of student through examination mark is punishable by dismissal and/or termination of appointment,” he said.
The deputy vice-chancellor described Abbas’ earlier resignation as “null and void.”
All efforts of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent to reach Abbas for comment proved abortive as he did not pick his calls nor replied to the text message sent to him.
(NAN)
