UNICAL dismisses dean of law school following claims of sexual harassment
Due to charges of sexual harassment, the administration of the University of Calabar has suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law.
Following an investigation by the school’s administration into the sexual harassment claims made against Ndifon by female faculty members on Monday, the suspension of Ndifon became effective on August 17, 2023.
We are tired of paying for law journals. We are tired of lecturers skipping classes. Law girls are not your bonanza. Prof. Ndifon should stop grabbing us and others. These were some of the slogans on placards that students of the faculty carried as they stormed the vice chancellor’s office, Prof. Florence Obi.
The professor, however, refuted the claims in an interview with CrossRiverWatch, claiming that those with a grudge against him within the faculty were behind the demonstration.
The management expressed dissatisfaction with the response to the inquiry sent to Ndifon in a letter from the school registrar, Gabriel Egbe, which was made accessible to The PUNCH on Thursday through the university spokeswoman, Eyo Bassey.
Please refer to our letter Ref UC/REG/DISC.45A from August 14, 2023 on your claimed infraction of the University’s current rules and policies, as well as your reply, dated August 16, 2023, to the said letter.
“The Vice Chancellor has read your written arguments and is not pleased with your justifications,” he said.
She has therefore ordered that you be removed from your role as dean of the faculty of law and placed on administrative leave while the matter is referred to a panel that will be formed to look into these claims.
The resignation of the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the suspension from official responsibilities are effective as of August 17, 2023. Before leaving your position, you are required to turn over to the Sub-Dean of the Faculty all University property that is in your possession, together with any current official duties you are handling.
“Except when responding to an invitation from the panel investigating these claims, you are to avoid entering university property.”
