Damenews Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Faculty of Law, who was accused by female law students of incessant sexual harassment has been suspended by the university for second time.
Ndifon was suspended a few days after some female law students of the university protested in the school, accusing Ndifon of sexually harassing and exploiting them.
The university management in a letter dated August 17, 2023 and signed by the Registrar, Gabriel Egbe, said the suspension takes effect immediately.
Ndifon was suspended after the school management was dissatisfied with his response to a query issued to him.
“Please refer to our letter Ref UC/REG/DISC.45A dated August 14, 2023 on your alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the University and your response to the said letter which was dated 16th August, 2023.
“The Vice-Chancellor has gone through your written representations and is not satisfied with your explanations. She has therefore directed that you should be relieved of your position as Dean, Faculty of Law and placed on suspension while the matter is referred to a panel that will be set-up to investigate these allegations.
“The relief of position as Dean, Faculty of Law and suspension from official duties takes effect from August 17, 2023. You are to hand over all University property in your possession including all official responsibilities presently handled by you to the Sub-Dean of the Faculty before vacating office.
“You are to stay away from the University premises except while responding to an invitation from the panel investigating these allegations,” the letter read.
A professor in the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Sinem Abasi Ekong, on Wednesday narrated how Prof. Ndifon allegedly raped her 20-year-old daughter in his office.
Prof. Ekong said Ndifon tore her daughter’s answer script during a test and subsequently used that to trick her daughter to go to his office, where he allegedly raped her twice.
It was reported on Monday that female students of the faculty of law at the University of Calabar demanded the immediate removal of their dean, Ndifon for allegedly sexually harassing them.
The protest was seen in a viral video on X, formerly known as Twitter which shows the moment the predominantly female students, clad in their traditional white and black attire, protested in the school.
The angry students are seen in the video displaying placards with inscriptions like, “We are tired of sucking big **”, “Professor Ndifon, let the girls with big breasts breathe. Stop suffocating us,” and “Enough of law school list manipulation.”
Recall that Ndifon was suspended in 2015 for the same issue but was said to have cleared himself after a legal tussle.
