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ASUU Chairman Finally Speaks On His Alleged Sexual Harassment Scandal

The embattled Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma branch, Dr. Monday Igbafe, has described his suspension by authorities of the institution on alleged sexual harassment and sex-for-marks as unfounded and an attempt to wake up a “dead horse.”

The authorities of the university, Wednesday, announced the suspension of Dr.Igbafe over allegations of sexual harassment and sex-for-marks case.

However, addressing journalists in Benin yesterday, Dr. Igbafe said: “If you have been monitoring development in AAU, Ekpoma, you will not be surprised that a paper like that is coming from the university administration.

“It is the climax of a desperate Vice-Chancellor who has so many things to hide, which we will bring to the press.

“I am doing my job as ASUU Chairman; there have been several attempts to compromise me, but I refused, and the next thing for them was to resort to blackmail.”

Conditions that increases the risk of girl-child sexual assault in Nigeria can be found in schools, baby factories and the practice of child labour.

Studies conducted in Nigeria disclose that young girls are victims in majority of reported assault cases in hospitals.

A four-year review of sexual assault cases at LASUTH that began in 2008 and ended in December 2012, showed that out of a total 287 reported cases of sexual assault, 83% of the victims were below the age of 19.

A one-year survey conducted at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital between 2012 and 2013 revealed that 70% of sexual assault victims were under the age of 18. In the Enugu survey, majority of the victims knew their perpetrators and the assault occurred inside uncompleted buildings and the victims or perpetrators residence.Sexual abuse in Nigeria is an offence under several sections of chapter 21 of the country’s criminal code.

The age of consent is 18. UNICEF reported in 2015 that one in four girls and one in ten boys in Nigeria had experienced sexual violence before the age of 18.

According to a survey by Positive Action for Treatment Access, over 31.4 percent of girls there said that their first sexual encounter had been rape or forced sex of some kind.

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development reported that 1,200 girls had been raped in 2012 in Rivers, a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria.

According to UNICEF, six out of ten children in Nigeria experience emotional, physical or sexual abuse before the age of 18, with half experiencing physical violence

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