A LECTURER at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Balogun Olaniran, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly soliciting sexual and monetary gratification from a female student in exchange for the alteration of her academic grades.
ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, made this known in a statement on Friday, March 31.
She said Olaniran was brought before Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu-Ode High Court on Monday, March 27, by the ICPC on a one-count charge of violating Section 8(1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
According to a statement, Olaniran, who was the Head of the Department of Religious Studies at TASUED, demanded sexual benefits or a payment of N100,000 from a female student with a promise to alter her academic grades sometime between October and November 2021.
The charge stated that Olaniran “corruptly demanded for sexual benefit or payment of the sum of N100,000 for himself from a female student (name withheld), on account of a favour to be afterwards shown her in the discharge of his official duties as a lecturer and Head of Department of Religious Studies at the Tai Solarin University of Education”.
The defendant, Olaniran, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.
The ICPC counsel informed the court of the allegations, and the matter was adjourned to May 11, 2023, for the commencement of trial.
Justice Osinuga granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000, with a surety in like sum. The surety must provide evidence of three years tax clearance and evidence of means.
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