June 14, 2026
The Governing Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra, has dismissed five members of staff over alleged sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, extortion and other forms of misconduct.
The university’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Harrison Madubueze, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Awka.
Madubueze said the decision was taken at the 122nd meeting of the Governing Council held on June 12.
According to him, those dismissed include Prof. C.C. Nwabachili, the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Law, and Prof. Chike Osegbue of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences.
