Abia state university suspends lecturer for alleged s3xual harassment

Dr. Udochukwu Ndukwe, a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication at Abia State University, Uturu, has been suspended for three months due to allegations of sexual harassment against a female student.

A letter signed by the school’s registrar, Dr. Acho Elendu, dated July 30, 2024, and obtained by Punch Metro on Thursday, stated that Ndukwe would be investigated and would lose half of his pay “in line with the University Conditions of Service pending the conclusion of the investigation for which a panel has been set up.”

The letter described the suspended lecturer’s actions as an “embarrassment” to the The disgraced lecturer, Punch correspondent learnt, had repeatedly been accused of s3xually harassing, intimidating and extorting female students of the department.

A viral social media video showed the lecturer on his knees while being interrogated by numerous people in a room.

Ndukwe was allegedly set up by a final-year female student who accused him of sexual harassment and intimidation.

Punch Metro investigations showed that in order to expose the predatory lecturer, a female student he had allegedly been pestering for over two years joined forces with others to set him up at a prominent hotel in Umuahia, where he was captured pants down, asking not to be exposed.

In the viral video, the lecturer’s lips were bleeding and he had visible bruises.

According to the letter, a panel has been formed to continue investigating the suspended lecturer “pending the conclusion of the investigation.”