{"id":94253,"date":"2023-08-15T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don"},"modified":"2023-08-16T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:33:12","slug":"sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don","title":{"rendered":"Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Several female law students of the University of Calabar have staged a protest in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyril Ndifon, Dean of Faculty of Law, of the University, of frequently harassing them sexually.<\/p>\n<p>They moved about in groups on the campus late Monday afternoon chanting \u2018Ndifon, go! go!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The students displayed placards with various inscriptions, including \u201cNdifon Must Go!\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re tired of sucking dicks for marks\u201d, \u201cLaw Girls Are Not Bonanza\u201d, \u201cProf Ndifon Must Stop Grabbing our Bum Bum\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Law Students Association of Nigeria, LAWSAN, Unical branch, Comrade Benedict Otu led the students in the protest against Ndifon.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting on the telephone, Prof Ndifon debunked the various allegations of high handedness and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the protest by the law students was masterminded by some persons in the faculty who had sworn to pull him down.<\/p>\n<p>Ndifon claimed that the allegations from the students were barefaced lies aimed at tarnishing his image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I defeated some persons in an election that was keenly contested, to emerge as Dean of the faculty, it hasn\u2019t been easy. I had skipped several booby traps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese allegations are baseless and masterminded by my detractors who had vowed to ensure that my image is dragged through the mud just because I won the faculty elections twice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the placards, Ndifon noted that they had sole handwriting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the placards you will discover that the placards have one person\u2019s handwriting. Again how come the protesters know that we were going to hold a meeting with the Vice Chancellor if it is not the handiwork of an insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to hold a meeting with the Vice Chancellor to enable us iron out important issues troubling us in the faculty. While the meeting was on-going, we were told that some students were outside with placards, protesting against me, demanding that I should be removed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ndifon alleged that the LAWSAN president cajoled some students to come to the meeting venue, only to dish out placards bearing false representations against him (Ndifon).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis won\u2019t work. Colleagues of mine are bent on tarnishing my reputation just to destroy me. The question is where are the victims of the sexual harassment?\u201d He queried.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Florence Obi has assured the students that the issues would be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Several female law students of the University of Calabar have staged a protest in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyril Ndifon, Dean of Faculty of Law, of the University, of frequently harassing them sexually. They moved about in groups on the campus late Monday afternoon chanting \u2018Ndifon, go! go!\u2019 The students displayed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254,5535,4800],"class_list":["post-94253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-unical"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Several female law students of the University of Calabar have staged a protest in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several female law students of the University of Calabar have staged a protest in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-15T19:55:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-15T23:33:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692126001.909554.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-15T19:55:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-15T23:33:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692126001.909554.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sexual harassment\",\"Unical\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sexual-harassment-unical-students-protest-against-varsity-don\",\"name\":\"Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don - 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