The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced the shut down of its Staff Club otherwise known as ‘Cold Room’, where lecturers allegedly sexually harass female students, PremiumTimes reports
The Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) of the university, Taiwo Oloyede, disclosed this.
The ‘cold room’ became famous after it was mentioned by Dr Boniface Igbeneghu in an investigative documentary by BBC Africa Eye exposing sexual harassment in tertiary institutions in West Africa.
Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer of the university and a pastor in the Foursquare Gospel Church, was caught on video sexually harassing an undercover journalist who posed as an admission seeker.
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In the documentary, the lecturer described the ‘cold room’ as the secret place where lecturers meet to “touch students breast” at the staff club of the university.
“The so called ‘Cold Room’ is a Functions Room that may have been abused because this is a deviation from the purpose for which it was created (meetings, seminars, events, etc)” the university spokesperson said.
Igbeneghu has, however, been suspended by UNILAG and the Foursquare church.
