The university said the preliminary report found Odinye culpable of violating provisions of its General and Academic Regulations in his handling of an examination misconduct case involving the student, Chikamso Favour Okechukwu.
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, has suspended Prof Ifeanyi Odinye of the Department of Chinese Studies for three months over allegations of sexual molestation involving a female student, the university said on Monday.
The suspension, approved by the Vice Chancellor, Ugochukwu Anyaehie, will be with half salary and followed the preliminary report of a six-member investigative panel set up to examine the incident. The panel submitted its preliminary findings on August 21, according to a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Aloysius Attah.
The university said the preliminary report found Odinye culpable of violating provisions of its General and Academic Regulations in his handling of an examination misconduct case involving the student, Chikamso Favour Okechukwu.
According to the university, Odinye failed to record and submit the examination misconduct case on the prescribed report form and returned a phone recovered during the examination to the student on the same day, contrary to the university’s regulations.
