The Imo State University, Owerri has suspended one of its lecturers, Desmond Izunwanne, who was allegedly seen in a video sl@pping an indisposed pregnant student for coming late to his class.
He was also seen in another video ordering students to cr@wl out of his class over the same issue.
Reacting to the incident, the university’s spokesperson, Ralph Njokuobi, in a statement on Wednesday, May 3, said at a management meeting, the university approved the immediate suspension of the lecturer till further notice.
According to him, “It has come to the notice of the Management of the Imo State University that the viral video circulating around the globe about the indecorous actions of a lecturer of the university, Dr Desmond lzunwanne of the Physiology Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Imo State University, Owerri, against four students of the university.
Management viewed the action of the lecturer as barbaric and unbecoming of such a person occupying that position.
At the end of the management meeting held on Tuesday 2 May 2023, management approved the suspension of the lecturer, Dr Desmond lzunwanne, till further notice and has set up a three-man disciplinary committee to unravel the immediate and remote causes that led to his uncouth behaviour.”
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