Authorities of the University of Lagos on Sunday
disowned the randy lecturer, Dr. Akin Baruwa,
who reportedly raped an 18-year-old admission
seeker.
Baruwa allegedly raped the young girl (name
withheld), who is seeking admission to the
university, in his office on July 23, 2015.
The lecturer, currently in detention at the Kirikiri
Prison, was arraigned before an Ikeja
Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday.
But speaking with our correspondent on Sunday,
the Head, Information Unit of the university, Mr.
Olagoke Oke, said Baruwa was not an employee
of the institution.
According to him, no such name exists on the
university’s employee list whether teaching or
non-teaching.
He added, “The said Dr. Baruwa is a not a
member of staff of the university, whether
teaching or non-teaching. He also does not
belong to the part-time or full-time teaching staff
of the school. His name is not on the master list
of workers of the university. I have checked the
staff list using his full name and initials and
could not come up with any such name as of
Friday, August 6, 2015.
“I have also checked the list of office
accommodation given to members of staff of the
university and his name is not there. There is no
office allocation attached to such a name. How
he reportedly entered the said office where the
crime took place is what we are looking into as
an institution.
“While we sympathise with the alleged victim, we
are ready to cooperate with every agency of
government to get to the root of the matter as
soon as possible. As an institution, we do not
support any act of violence, not even against
women. Therefore, we will help to ensure that
the case comes to a logical conclusion.”
Meanwhile, as the authorities disowned the
lecturer, some students, in the Faculty of
Business Administration, who craved anonymity
for fear of victimisation, claimed that the
suspect was a part-time lecturer of the
accounting department of the university.
One of them said, “I know him as a part-time
lecturer in the accounting department. I wonder
what the university wants to achieve now by
trying to disown him.”
The Dean of the Faculty of Business
Administration, Prof. Rasheed Ojikutu, could not
be reached as of 6pm on Sunday.
Baruwa, who the police in Lagos arrested on
August 3, reportedly confessed to the act but
claimed that the sex was by mutual consent
disowned the randy lecturer, Dr. Akin Baruwa,
who reportedly raped an 18-year-old admission
seeker.
Baruwa allegedly raped the young girl (name
withheld), who is seeking admission to the
university, in his office on July 23, 2015.
The lecturer, currently in detention at the Kirikiri
Prison, was arraigned before an Ikeja
Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday.
But speaking with our correspondent on Sunday,
the Head, Information Unit of the university, Mr.
Olagoke Oke, said Baruwa was not an employee
of the institution.
According to him, no such name exists on the
university’s employee list whether teaching or
non-teaching.
He added, “The said Dr. Baruwa is a not a
member of staff of the university, whether
teaching or non-teaching. He also does not
belong to the part-time or full-time teaching staff
of the school. His name is not on the master list
of workers of the university. I have checked the
staff list using his full name and initials and
could not come up with any such name as of
Friday, August 6, 2015.
“I have also checked the list of office
accommodation given to members of staff of the
university and his name is not there. There is no
office allocation attached to such a name. How
he reportedly entered the said office where the
crime took place is what we are looking into as
an institution.
“While we sympathise with the alleged victim, we
are ready to cooperate with every agency of
government to get to the root of the matter as
soon as possible. As an institution, we do not
support any act of violence, not even against
women. Therefore, we will help to ensure that
the case comes to a logical conclusion.”
Meanwhile, as the authorities disowned the
lecturer, some students, in the Faculty of
Business Administration, who craved anonymity
for fear of victimisation, claimed that the
suspect was a part-time lecturer of the
accounting department of the university.
One of them said, “I know him as a part-time
lecturer in the accounting department. I wonder
what the university wants to achieve now by
trying to disown him.”
The Dean of the Faculty of Business
Administration, Prof. Rasheed Ojikutu, could not
be reached as of 6pm on Sunday.
Baruwa, who the police in Lagos arrested on
August 3, reportedly confessed to the act but
claimed that the sex was by mutual consent
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