The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigned Dr. Balogun Olaniran, a lecturer at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), for allegedly demanding sex and money from a female student. The arraignment took place on Monday, March 27, before Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu‑Ode High Court in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on a single count.
According to the ICPC spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, the charge falls under Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The agency’s counsel told the court that, while serving as Head of the Department of Religious Studies at TASUED between October and November 2021, Olaniran demanded either sexual favours or a payment of N100,000 from a female student, promising to alter her academic grades in return. The charge reads, in part: “Within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, corruptly demanded sexual benefit or payment of the sum of N100,000 for himself from a female student (name withheld), on account of a favour to be afterwards shown her in the discharge of his official duties as a lecturer and Head of Department of Religious Studies at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, to wit, offering to alter her academic grades from fail to pass in courses with codes EDU 311 and EDU 312.”
When the charge was read, the defendant pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned to May 11, 2023, for the commencement of trial. Olaniran was granted bail of N500,000, with a surety of an equal amount.
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