Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State has finally reacted to the story making the rounds concerning its lecturer, Professor Richard Akindele, who allegedly demanded sex from a female student.

Professor Richard Akindele

According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the prestigious institution, Abiodun Olanrewaju in a chat with Rave FM in Osogbo, Osun State, he said: “We have put machinery in motion to ascertain the veracity of the claims and identify the characters involved.”

“As I am talking to you now, the management has taken a position which we will be working on now. On the day that the audio was leaked, the vice chancellor and other principal officers of the university acted, including the legal director of the university.”

“We set up a committee and the vice chancellor gave the committee one week to submit its report. After that, we will know what to do. The incident happened last year. We have been calling her (the student’s) line, but she is not responding to her calls again.”

“We learnt that she confided in someone that she did not want the appointment of the man (lecturer) to be terminated because of her case. The panel has been set up and query has been given to the man; but we need somebody to come up that she was the one that was sexually harassed and the person is not in sight.”

For those who are not familiar with the story, an audio conversation was recently released which has hitherto gone viral involving a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife, Professor Richard Akindele and a female student allegedly demanding sex from her to upgrade her poor result.