University suspends senior lecturer for alleged sexual assault 

Management of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education,Port Harcourt, Rivers State has suspended a senior lecturer,Dr Rowland Uchechukwu Igwe of the Department of Sociology, for allegedl sexual abuse.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution,Prof.Ozo Mekuri Ndimele, in a statement in Port Harcourt said the university decided to place Igwe on indefinite suspension as a result of allegation of serial intimidation, sexual harassment and undue canal knowledge of a female undergraduate which resulted in pregnancy and health complications.

The Senate Committee on Staff Disciplinary Matters of the institution has been mandated to apply appropriate measures to the matter