The Management of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), has announced the immediate suspension of one of its staff, Dr. Desen Jonathan Mbachaga, over allegation of sexual molestation.
A statement by the media office of FUOYE Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, signed by the Chief Information Officer to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Foluso Ogunmodede, said Mbachaga was suspended on the grounds of a prima facie evidence of sexual harassment established against him by a panel set up by the institution’s Faculty of Arts, which investigated the allegation.
Mbachaga was, until his suspension, an Associate Professor in the institution’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts.
His suspension came after a committee inaugurated by the institution to investigate the alleged sexual harassment established a prima facie evidence against Mbachaga.
However, the suspension, which was with immediate effect, would pave the way for a five-member Committee set up by the Vice-Chancellor to further probe the allegation with a view to getting to the root of the allegation of sexual harassment against the embattled lecturer.
In the statement, Ogunmodede said: “The Vice-Chancellor of FUOYE, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, who has zero tolerance for indiscipline and any form of sexual harassment against students of the institution, has consequently approved the suspension of Dr. Mbachaga to allow for proper investigation into the matter.”
The statement also disclosed that the “VC has also mandated the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Tajudeen Opoola, to conduct proper investigation into another allegation of sexual harassment against another lecture in the same department and submit a report in due time for necessary action”.
It added: “The current management of the university will do its best to clean the system of all social vices.”
