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“Every day in that school was a living hell” Ex-Student takes
on University of Abuja & Accuses Lecturer of Harassment |
Lecturer Responds
31.03.2016 at 1:29 pm By BellaNaija.com 99 Comments
KemiKemmie Obaditan has waived her anonymity as she
fights for justice after allegedly being harassed by a
University of Abuja lecturer while she was a student of the
school in 2011.
Kemmie who is now based in Washington DC has launched
a campaign against her former lecturer via an online petition.
According to Kemi, here is what happened;
On the 11th of December 2011, I was in my second year in
the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada Nigeria.
I came into school that morning to write a Chemistry
examination scheduled to hold that day at 9am. I got into the
exam hall at about 8:00am just in case there was going to be
a change in the venue and information regarding this
examination.
The exam started at the time stated and while I sat in the hall
assigned by my department for her students, Mr. Samuel
Olorunfemi Adams came in to speak with the invigilator on
duty while the answer booklet was being shared. He
requested that half of the students should follow him
upstairs to the main library where his own students who, at
that time, were going to write a statistics course so he can
shuffle us between them. Unfortunately, I was among those
who had to move up with them. When I got upstairs I had a
chair and did not have a table in the exam hall, hence I
decided to go get a table.
By the time I returned with the table, Mr. Samuel Olorunfemi
Adams refused my entry into the exam hall. I told him I was
among the students he took from the hall downstairs to join
his students. He was defiant and still refused for me to enter
into the examination hall. I stood outside pleading that I get
my answer booklet and examination card so I can go
downstairs to go write my exams but he refused. My pleas
fell on deaf ears until one of my colleague was able to help
me pass my exam booklet and exam card to me. While I was
begging him he lost his cool and pulled out his belt from his
pants and began to flog me mercilessly.
While he was flogging me, my phone dropped (Blackberry
Bold 2) worth N58.000. Mr. Samuel Olorunfemi Adams
picked it up and said he was going to cease (seize) it after
inflicting bodily injury on me. While I stood on the stairs
crying, one of my lecturers saw me and he asked what
happened. I told him all that had transpired between myself
and Mr. Adams. He consoled me and took me to another hall
to write my exams. The exams had passed an hour already. I
was able to put myself together and I wrote my exams. After
my exams, I went to Mr. Adams to get my phone and he said
I would have to fill up an examination malpractice form if I
was going to get the phone back.
I told him I did not set my eyes on the question paper prior
to the incident so I cannot fill any form. Mr. Adams told me
to take a last look at my phone and he smashed it on the
ground to pieces. My colleagues who witnessed the incident
gasped and he made sure he gave all of them -10 marks on
their script. I ran downstairs to get my brother, so I could tell
him what had happened to me. He came up with me to talk
to Mr. Adams, but he had already gone ahead to report me
to the Dean that I held him on his collar and I told him that if
he did not let me into the examination hall that I was going
to fight him.
Lecturer's part
The News NG reached out to Samuel Olorunfemi Adams for
his side of the story:
ProfHere is what they reported;
“We got a phone call phone Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams
asking us to take the story down as it was affecting his
image, He also stated that many of his colleagues have been
trying to reach him on the issue which is very embarrassing.”
Here’s an excerpt of the conversation between Mr Adams
and TheNews.NG‘s correspondent Olawale Adeniyi
Mr Adams: Hello, good afternoon my name is Mr Samuel
Olorunfemi Adams there’s a story on your news platform
stating that I harrased a student of Uniabuja. The story is all
a lie, please I need you to take it down I am innocent.
TheNews.NG: Sir, we can’t take the story down just like that,
its against the ethics of balanced reporting, we need to
speak to the two parties involved to ascertain that you are
truely innocent. would you be willing to tell us your side of
the story?
Mr Adams: Yes
TheNews.NG: Please tell us exactly what happened?
Mr Adams: On the day the incident happened, I instructed
students to move the next hall to write their exam every
other student moved but she refused. she stated that I was a
wicked lecturer and that she’s heard a lot about me and that
she was not going to move. In the course of that her phone
fell and broke.
TheNews.NG: She said you broke the phone?
Mr Adams: Here’s what happened, she asked me to give her
the phone and i insisted that she fill the exam malpracices
booklet, she refused, she insulted my family, she said my
family couldn’t afford a Blackberry phone this got me angry,
so I smashed it on the ground.
TheNews.NG: Did you flog her with your belt?
Mr Adams: No I did not, I only tried to scare her with the belt
and the belt mistakenly touch her. Then she jacked my
collar.
TheNews.NG: Why did you insist that she fill an examination
malpractices form since the offence she commited was not
related to exam malpractice?
Mr Adams: You see in exam there are rules and regulations,
she was given the form because she disobeyed a lecturer
and it is against the school rule. I instructed her to leave the
hall and go to the next hall but she refused, secondly she
held my collar and it was her fellow students who rescued
me from her.
TheNews.NG: But that is still not exam malpractice, why
insist on an exam malpractice form?
Mr Adams: keeps mute
TheNews.NG: Peradventure you both meet in the court of
law over this matter do you have any witness in your favour?
Mr Adams: I don’t have witnesses i don’t know any of the
students, please I just visited your website the story is still
there, when are you going to take it down?
TheNews.NG: We wont take it down until investigations into
the case are concluded.
Source: bellanaija

E be like say Bone don hook someone's throat.
That girl better have a good case o if all these na lie ehn, I go remove belt flog her for real.
If e be say that lecturer was randy and exploitative to students, then I suggest he gets flogged with a belt.

delishpot:
E be like say Bone don hook someone's throat.
That girl better have a good case o if all these na lie ehn, I go remove belt flog her for real.
If e be say that lecturer was randy and exploitative to students, then I suggest he gets flogged with a belt.

The girl's story seemed a lie to me but after reading the lecturer's response i got thinking there may be some truth in it

KingJhean:
The girl's story seemed a lie to me but after reading the lecturer's response i got thinking there may be some truth in it

He prolly was nasty to students if not I am sure he would know at least 1of his students that would stand for him. Maybe for every 1student that stands for him, 100 others will speak against him. I detest randy lectures who exploit students as much as I detest spoilt kids who try to bring down any lecturer that tries to make them obey rules and regulations. So may the Innocent man/woman win.

delishpot:
He prolly was nasty to students if not I am sure he would know at least 1of his students that would stand for him. Maybe for every 1student that stands for him, 100 others will speak against him. I detest randy lectures who exit students as much as I detest spoilt kids who try to bring down any lecturer that tries to make them obey rules and regulations. So may the I no cent man/woman win.

I totally agree, some lecturers can be very frustrating

the man is guilty and must be punished even though I know the lady might have insulted him and his family as claimed , he can't proof this in court except he has an audio recording even if he can ,that will still not justify physical assault, phone smashing and so on . in fact those other student whose 10marks were deducted will gladly testify against him