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The pupil alleges that Agbegbedia gave her failing grades aft she declined his advances.
A final-year pupil from the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies astatine the Federal University Oye-Ekiti has accused her lecturer, Anthony Agbegbedia, of failing her due to the fact that she refused to taxable to his intersexual advances.
The pupil alleges that Agbegbedia gave her failing grades aft she declined his advances.
She claims that helium repeatedly asked her out, and she did not accept.
According to her, during their interactions, Agbegbedia asked her to conscionable him successful Ado-Ekiti. She says she regularly made excuses to debar these meetings passim her archetypal and 2nd semesters of 400-Level (PCs 411 and PCs 414).
She besides mentions that Agbegbedia began bothering her from the archetypal semester of her 300-Level until she stopped responding to his messages.
She and her begetter yet reported the contented to the assemblage by submitting a missive to the Dean of the Faculty of Science and different missive to the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Oye-Ekiti.
In a missive dated August 20, 2024, obtained by SaharaReporters, the begetter of a pupil accused Dr Anthony Agbegbedia of sexually harassing his daughter.
The missive addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the school, states: "I privation to study a lawsuit of intersexual harassment against my girl by 1 of your unit members, Dr Anthony Agbegbedia of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies.
"My girl has reported that Dr. Agbegbedia harassed her aft she refused his intersexual advances successful his course, PCS 411, during the archetypal semester. As a result, she was failed successful the course.
"She is present acrophobic that Dr Agbegbedia volition apt neglect her successful PCS 414 for the 2nd semester."
The begetter requests: "I humbly question an probe into this substance and your involution to guarantee my girl tin graduate.
"I americium penning this missive with the condemnation that a punctual and thorough probe volition beryllium conducted by you, arsenic the Vice Chancellor.
"Evidence of intersexual harassment is attached."
"If I bash not perceive from you wrong 2 weeks, I volition not hesitate to instrumentality ineligible enactment and marque the grounds public," helium added.
When contacted by SaharaReporters, Dr Anthony Agbegbedia alleged that immoderate radical are trying to blackmail him for reasons chartless to him.
He said, "Let's presume they've written a petition to the Vice-Chancellor (VC).
"But if they person written a petition to the school, past the schoolhouse volition decidedly enactment connected it. The schoolhouse volition analyse due to the fact that I ever people students' scripts with a marking guide.
"In my life, I person ne'er told immoderate pupil that unless they person enactment with me, they volition not pass. I person not done that, and I don't deliberation I ever would it. This is conscionable a inexpensive effort to blackmail me.
"If a pupil feels that they person failed my course, they person the close to petition their scripts to beryllium sent to an outer examiner for remarking.
"I'm not definite what level the pupil is at, but I cognize they person the close to petition for their scripts. The scripts volition beryllium sent to an outer examiner for reappraisal due to the fact that this is simply a disciplinary procedure. So, I judge this is conscionable inexpensive blackmail."
When asked if the schoolhouse absorption had called him to look immoderate panel, helium responded, "The schoolhouse is connected holiday. Maybe that's wherefore they haven't reached retired to maine yet."
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters besides obtained a past of the alleged chats betwixt the accused lecturer and the student, successful which helium persuaded her to succumb to his intersexual advances.
When SaharaReporters contacted the school’s vice chancellor, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, helium confirmed the receipt of the petition, adding that actions person been taken.
He said, "The substance is nether investigation, and a sheet has been acceptable up to code it. Please beryllium patient. Once thing is nether investigation, we perceive from some sides, and thing volition beryllium covered up. We person handled akin cases earlier and dealt with the acrophobic parties."
The Vice-Chancellor said, "We person the facts and records, and it is important to travel owed process. If idiosyncratic raises an allegation, it indispensable beryllium investigated. After the investigation, the substance volition beryllium forwarded to the due committees.
"As vice chancellor, I purpose to springiness everyone a just hearing. I americium neutral successful this matter. It is important not to sermon it prematurely, particularly if it is successful court, arsenic this could beryllium prejudicial."
"I guarantee you that the substance volition beryllium handled with the seriousness it deserves and that determination volition beryllium nary problem," helium added.
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