A few days after some university-affiliated female law students staged a protest inside the building, accusing Ndifon of sexually harassing and abusing them, Ndifon was suspended.
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law, after he was accused of persistent sexual harassment by female law students.
A few days after some university-affiliated female law students staged a protest inside the building, accusing Ndifon of sexually harassing and abusing them, Ndifon was suspended.
The suspension is effective right away, according to a letter from the university administration dated August 17, 2023 and signed by the registrar, Gabriel Egbe.
Ndifon was placed on administrative leave after the school administration found fault with his response to a question posed to him.
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Please refer to our letter Ref UC/REG/DISC.45A from August 14, 2023 on your claimed infraction of the University’s current rules and policies, as well as your reply, dated August 16, 2023, to that letter.
“After reading your written arguments, the Vice-Chancellor is not pleased with your justifications. She has therefore ordered that you be removed from your role as dean of the faculty of law and placed on administrative leave while the situation is referred to a panel that will be formed to look into these claims.
“As of August 17, 2023, the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law will no longer exist, and formal functions will be suspended. Before leaving your position, you are required to turn over to the Sub-Dean of the Faculty all University property that is in your control, together with any current official duties that you are carrying out.
The letter stated that “you are to refrain from entering the University property, save when responding to an invitation from the panel reviewing these allegations.”
According to a story from SaharaReporters published on Wednesday, SinemAbasi Ekong, a professor at the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, described how Prof. Ndifon reportedly sexually assaulted her daughter, age 20, in his office.
Prof. Ekong claimed Ndifon tore her daughter’s test answers, then used those to lure her into going to his office, where he reportedly sexually assaulted her twice.
In accordance with the letter’s instructions, “you are to refrain from entering the University property, save when responding to an invitation from the panel reviewing these allegations.”SinemAbasi Ekong, a lecturer at the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, reportedly revealed how Prof. Ndifon allegedly sexually attacked her daughter, age 20, in his office in a SaharaReporters article that was published on Wednesday.In the words of Prof. Ekong, Ndifon allegedly tore her daughter’s test answers before using them ripped entice her to visit his office, where he allegedly sexually attacked her twice.
In the video, the irate students can be seen holding signs that read, “Professor Ndifon, let the girls with big breasts breathe. We are tired of sucking big **.” “Stop suffocating us,” and “Enough with the manipulated law school list.”Remember that Ndifon was suspended for the same reason in 2015, albeit it was reported that he had exonerated himself after a legal battle.
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