Embattled Prof Ndifon Wanted To Find Out If I Was A Virgin-Witness

A witness on Tuesday told the court that the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Cyril Ndifon, promised to help her secure admission into the LLB programme in exchange for her virginity.

The witness, a law diploma graduate identified as TKJ (name withheld based on the order of court to protect the witness), was called by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

TKJ said he assured her that if she gave him her virginity, she would secure admission into the main programme.

The professor and his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, are standing trial on amended four counts of alleged sexual harassment and an attempt to perverse the cause of justice.

Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, TKJ who is the second witness on the matter, said the professor boasted of offering admission to about 50 students.

She said, “After my classes that day, I went to his office. When I got there he had many visitors waiting for him. He asked that I wait for him. After some hours, he dismissed his visitors and asked me to lock the door. I did as he instructed. He stood up from his seat and asked me to hug him. I moved back and he asked if I was scared. I nodded my head. He said I should not be scared and that I should see him as a father. He requested for the hug again. I gave him a side hug.