The management of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri has suspended two lecturers of the institution caught on video raping female students of the school. The school authorities also raised a panel to investigate the issue with the mandate to complete the investigation within two weeks.

According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution, Nze Ralph Njoku-Obi, who confirmed this to The Guardian in a telephone interview, he said the identities of the lecturers and the panel will not be made known, adding that they can only be disclosed to the press after their investigation.
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The Guardian learned that the video of the professor and a Ph.D. holder (Head of a Department), both lecturing in the institution, went viral last weekend and early this week on social media, showing where the Head of Department raped a female student, while the professor was seen masturbating after raping a female student as well.

The Guardian gathered from an unconfirmed source that one of the lecturers demanded to have sex with a final year student who is about getting married, adding that he also demanded N150, 000 from the student before she could graduate.

Confirming the decision of the institution’s management, Njoku-Obi, said the authorities of IMSU have seen the video and suspecting their lecturers were involved, prompting them to raise a committee to investigate.

A recent legislation passed by the National Assembly stipulates that the offender risks 14 years, while any member of the institution who fails to report such an act would face a two-year jail term.
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