Dr. Akin Baruwa
Authorities of the University of Lagos, Sunday, disowned Dr. Akin Baruwa, who was accused of raping an 18-year-old admission seeker.
Baruwa allegedly raped the young girl, who was seeking admission into the institution in his office on July 23, 2015.
The lecturer, who is currently cooling his heels in detention at the Kirikiri Prison, was dragged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday.
However, speaking with newsmen on Sunday, the Head, Information Unit of the university, Mr. Olagoke Oke, said Baruwa was not an employee of the institution.
According to him, such name did not exist on the university’s employee list whether as teaching or non-teaching staff.
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, some students have claimed that the accused was a part-time lecturer of the accounting department of the university.
One of them told Punch that, “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”.
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