Gay Lecturer Arrested For Harassing Male Student

A lecturer in the Department of Public administration at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Dr Gambo Abdul, has been arrested for allegedly harassing a male student Abubakar Abdulkareem into being his gay partner. LEADERSHIP gathered that the student had severally rebuffed the advances of the lecturer who wanted him to be his gay partner but became agitated when the lecturer threatened failure if he refused to succumb. It was gathered that following the threat from the lecturer who is from Minna, Abubakar reported the case to his parents. Consequently, the family of the student decided to investigate further and found out that the claim of their ward was true. LEADERSHIP gathered that the student was instructed to play along last weekend when the said lecturer invited him to a hotel located at Eastern Bye Pass in Minna. The lecturer made advances and was apprehended and taken to Chanchaga police division. Abubakar told LEADERSHIP that his ordeal in the hand of the lecturer started over two years ago when he was doing his Diploma programme at the University before he gained admission for his degree programme. He said that the said Lecturer was his caretaker which was why he was close to him but decided to stay away from him when he started to make illicit advances towards him. When contacted the police Public relation Officer, Pius Edobo confirmed the incident, adding that the case would be charged to court. This is one case in quite a number, where students of universities are harassed and cannot make their problems known for fear of being failed in a certain course. Asking students of Ahmadu Bello University on twitter what they thought about the incident, many claimed that the absence of a Student Union in the school has gone a long way to rid the student body of any rights they have. The last time a case like this rose up to public notice was when a certain student named Mary and her friends and other victims of lecturers published notices which they posted in every department in 2009, stating who the lecturers who were harassing students sexually were. Whether any action was taken then, no one can tell as most of those lecturers still parade themselves on campus.