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Judge Slams 2-yr Jail On Sex-For-Marks Lecturer [Update]

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The judge handling the case of the former lecturer in Obafemi Awolowo University [OAU], Ile Ife, Prof. Richard Iyiola Akindele has sentenced the embattled lecturer to two years imprisonment.

ElombahNews had reported earlier that the former lecturer pleaded guilty to the charge.

Prof. Akindele earlier today changed his ‘not guilty’ plea to ‘guilty’.

The Professor was dragged to court for demanding sex in order to pass a student, one Ms. Monica Osagie.

The prosecutor, Mr. Shogunle Adenekan had informed the court that the involved parties in the matter have reach a plea bargain.

He, therefore, pleaded for a suspended sentence for the accused.

Returning to his judgement seat with a verdict after the matter was stood down for one hour, the judge, Justice Maureen Onyekenu sentenced him to two years.

Justice Onyekenu ordered that the lecturer serve his sentence in Ilesa prison due to the magnitude of the offence he committed “which is prevalent in the country”.

Onyekenu had earlier rejected a suspended sentence and plea bargain which the defendant’s counsel, Mr Francis Omotosho, had pleaded for.

She noted that suspended sentence and plea bargain should be premised on public interest and decried the gravity of the offence the convict committed.

She added that someone must be used “as a scapegoat without letting the issue of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions continue like that.

The Defence Counsel, Mr Francis Omotosho, had earlier pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing his client.

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