The Edo state government headed by Governor Godwin Obaseki has sacked 13 lecturers of state-owned Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma.
According to a report by The Punch, the lecturers were sacked over alleged offences ranging from falsification of age, fraud, misconduct, extortion and s3xual harassment, among others.
Besides, an unspecified number of others were demoted for other offences, PM News report further confirmed.
The institution’s vice chancellor, Professor Asomwan Sunny Adagbonyin, made this disclosure on Monday, May 22, while presenting the university disciplinary committee’s report to members of the AAU Special Intervention Team (SIT).
According to Adagbonyin, the erring staff were sacked due to the recommendations of the institution’s disciplinary committee which found them guilty of the offences.
The VC further disclosed that an associate professor and a lecturer were dismissed for collecting unapproved levy from students while another lecturer who was indicted for s3xual harass3ent was also dismissed, THISDAY report added.
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