UNIBEN senior lecturer arrested after allegedly raping student, locking her up in office
A senior lecturer in the University of Benin has been arrested by the University’s security agents after he was alleged to have raped a female student and locked her up in his office for hours after the deed.
According to Jungle Journalist, the lecturer, one Dr Bode Ekundayo, in the English and Literature department, allegedly locked up the female student in his office when she went to register for her final year project on October 5, 2021.
It is alleged that he raped her and refused to let her go for hours. The said victim, who is a 400 level student, is reported to have sent messages to a friend who then reported to security operatives in the school, who went to rescue the student.
Details later.