UPDATE: More Stories on Married Lecturer Who Allegedly Impregnated Nursing Student

The sex scandal currently rocking the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, is being investigated by the state government. Dr. Oluseyi Adu, a married lecturer at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, was recently exposed by a 28-year-old Dental Nursing student, Mosunmola, he had sex with to pass her examinations, after he got her pregnant (read here), and the report is currently generating heat.

While the state Ministry of Health said it had set up a panel to probe the matter within seven days, Punch reports that the college said Mosunmola was not a student of the school when she got pregnant.

The school further added that Adu was not an employee of the college, but just an “associate lecturer.” Although Nigerians who read the story on different social media platforms took different sides, they agreed that the Ogun State Government must investigate the case and bring culprits to book.

Recall that Adu and Mosunmola had sex in a hotel sometime in August 2016, which both parties did not deny. While Adu, father of two children, accused the expectant mum of seducing him, Mosunmola said the lecturer coerced her into the relationship as a precondition to passing his course which she failed.

Meanwhile, efforts by the college’s provost, a dean and head of department, to mediate in the scandal were said to have met a brick wall.A human rights lawyer with the state ministry of justice was said to have successfully brokered a deal between the pair, wherein Adu agreed to pay Mosunmola a monthly stipend of N5,000 in addition to N7,000 for her ante-natal registration.

Within two months, the agreement broke down after Mosunmola presented a list of items required for her delivery, which she valued at N50,000. Adu was said to have accused Mosunmola of wanting to turn him into a cash cow.

Speaking with Punch, Tunde Ipaye, the Commissioner for Health, Ogun State, on Tuesday said a panel had been set up to investigate the claims of both parties.

”I heard about the case for the first time from your report. I have instructed the Permanent Secretary to invite the lecturer, who is primarily a worker at the ministry. He is just a part-time trainer at the school of health technology. I have asked the PS to set up a committee and I have given him one week to feed me back on the result of the committee. That started yesterday (Monday).

We are not unmindful of what the requirements of ethical practices are. And we will do the needful. The first thing we will do is to establish culpability. But if our investigation shows he is guilty, we will act. The ministry will handle the case appropriately and whatever the law says we should do, we will do.

This is a ministry that will not run away from its responsibility. We have handled many cases like this in the past and appropriate actions were taken. Professionalism is professionalism and we will not allow anybody to bring down any institution of government,” he said.

The Public Relations Officer of the college, Ayodele Alaga, said the issue was between two adults, adding that the school had nothing to do with it.

”Damage has been done to the name of our school over this matter. We are talking about two adults who had a mutual agreement. What happened between them was not a case of rape; there was consent. I see no reason why the name of the school has to appear in a situation like that. Are you telling me that what happened between Adu and the lady in question is something that should not happen? I mean, there are lecturers that do marry their students and news will not generate from there. This is not fair and it is not journalism.

Did you know that the so-called lecturer is not our lecturer, he’s not a worker here? He is just a visiting lecturer and he works in the ministry of health. Are you also aware that as of the time that the pregnancy occurred, the girl in question had graduated from the college? She was not our student and you can come to check our records,” he concluded.

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