A
lecturer of the English Studies department at the IBB University who was
recently caught while allegedly trying to sleep with a female student of the
school has come up with his own side of the story.
I
G Yusuf allegedly threatened to fail the victim, whom he identified as Mercy if she
failed to have sex with him.
In a statement released to newsmen on Sunday, the lecturer claimed he was
kidnapped and humiliated by Mercy, whom he caught cheating during a test.
Yusuf
said he was abducted at gunpoint while leaving the school premises at about 10
pm and that the students, who subjected him to beating also demanded N2 million
naira from him.
According to Yusuf: “My ordeal started when my PhD (Dr Abaya)
who is currently a sabbatical staff in my Department asked me to help him
administer a 40-minute test of ENG 409, a course Mercy was writing.
“The
class to be used for the test was too small thereby necessitating the division
of the class into two. The rule surrounding the conduct of the test was laid
down by the examiner, that a student caught cheating would have his or her
script destroyed.
“Mercy sat behind her classmate named Samuel, and when the test was about to
round up, Samuel raised up his scripts for Mercy to copy. I warned Samuel to
desist but he just smiled and carried on. I therefore collected his paper and
wrote on it, ‘cheated.’
As
the test ended, Dr Abaya came in and asked me if there was any problem during
the test, and I replied yes. I showed him Samuel’s paper and explained what
happened. “The paper was then torn.
According
to the report, “Mr. Yusuf I left his office around 10:00pm on the fateful day
for his house in Lapai town. On his way home, he saw Mercy by the side of the
road, before he could fathom what was happening, four boys opened his car,
jumped inside and closed the doors. One of them pressed a gun behind his head
and ordered him to keep driving until they got to Mercy’s house.
In
his statements he said: “they forced me into the house and ordered me to lick
some oranges but I refused. Subsequently the boys forced me to take some water
melon! One of the boys slapped me repeatedly. “He said that he failed my GST
course for three years and kept on slapping me and slapping me with both hands
simultaneously and shouting at me, “Am I dull!, Am I dull!?” He kept on beating
me, shouting that he was so angry with me.
“I was forced to write four undertakings to
pass some four students in the exams. “They asked me to sit and write an essay
of 450 words the way I used to ask them to write essay in the class. Thereafter,
I was asked to UnClothe but I refused.
“They
forcefully stripped me and took some shots of me. They took my handsets, ATM
cards and some cash that I had in my pocket. They soaked my shirt in water.
They asked me how much I had in the bank and I told them it was not up to one
hundred thousand Naira.
“They
kept me hostage throughout the night doing different chores for them, including
mopping the floor for Mercy. They humiliated and abused me throughout the night
while Mercy video recorded.
“After
several hours as I was going through the ordeal, I started experiencing pains
in my chest and started bringing out some mucus. I went to the toilet to spit
out the mucus and came back to be engaged in another task until one of them
observing my condition said they should allow me to go so that I would not die
in their hands.
“As
they released me, they gave me a phone number which I must call by 10:00 am
when I get home.
“After
my release, I reported the incident to my Dean. Later that same day they still
came to my office to confront me, locked me inside and demanded to know why I
was “following” Mercy.
“They
further demanded that I bring the N2million they asked me for. Even when I went
out of my office later, I still saw the people that came to my office in
strategic places watching my office.
“I
decided that the world must hear my side of the story which is now being
investigated by the law enforcement agents and the university authority.
“They
still sent out my unclad picture and videos doing chores on the internet. I will not rest until I get justice.”
My opinion
If truly that
this man is innocent of the accusation, he must surely win this case. If I may
ask, what evidence has mercy to prove her own story
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