US EditionNigeria: Court Jails Nigerian Professor for Five Years for Sexual Harassment
Prof. Cyril Ndifon was convicted based on testimony and forensic evidence, receiving concurrent sentences totaling five years for abusing his position over female students.
- On Monday, the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar , to five years' imprisonment without an option of fine after Justice James Omotosho held the ICPC proved counts one and two beyond reasonable doubt.
- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission amended the charge to four counts on Jan. 19, 2024, closed its case on Feb 14, 2024, and the no-case submission was dismissed on March 6, 2024.
- TKJ's testimony and forensic analysis formed the core of the prosecution case, with evidence showing Prof. Cyril Ndifon asked TKJ for `pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs` via WhatsApp and requested `a blow job` for admission, supported by analysts Bwaigu Fungo and CSP Babagana Mingali.
- Sunny Anyanwu was discharged and acquitted by the court after the ICPC could not link counts three and four to him, while Prof. Cyril Ndifon was ordered remanded to Kuje Correctional Centre.
- The judge delivered a stinging rebuke of Ndifon's conduct as Justice James Omotosho called him `a sexual predator` and condemned his actions as `a betrayal of trust` during 2023 viral protests.
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Sexual Harassment: Court Jail UNICAL Prof Without Option Of Fine
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, sentenced Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years’ imprisonment without an option of fine. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had been able to prove the evidence in counts one and two beyond reasonable doubt against the 1st defendant. Justice Omotosho, …
UNICAL Sex Abuse Scandal: Why Prof. Cyril Ndifon Was Jailed 5 Years
Prof. Cyril Ndifon: Guilty as charged In one of the most consequential judgments in Nigeria’s fight against sexual harassment in higher institutions, the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years imprisonment—a landmark ruling that reasserts the judiciary’s role in …
Court ja!ls suspended UNICAL law dean Cyril Ndifon for five years over s#xual harassment
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, to five years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually harassing a female student. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice James Omotosho held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences […] The post Court ja!ls suspended UNICAL law dean Cyril Ndifon for five years over s#xual hara…
Suspended UNICAL Law Dean sentenced to fve years for sexual harassment
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced him to five years in prison without an option of fine. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Omotosho held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other […] The post Suspended UNICAL Law Dean sentenced to fve years for sexual harassment appeared first on Idoma Voi…
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