Sex for grades: Kogi federal varsity investigates 12 officials

• Male students act as go-between for randy lecturers

There is unease in the academic and non-academic circles of the
Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Kogi State, over the management of
the institution’s alleged discreet investigation of some
unidentified lecturers and non-academic staff for alleged sex for
grades.

A source in one of the institution’s academic departments
confided in our correspondent that no fewer than 12 officials of
the institution, including six from the History and International
Studies Department, were being investigated for indiscretion and
sex with female students in exchange for grades.

The source said that one of the lecturers allegedly allowed a
female student of the school to rewrite a course she failed in his
house, where he also slept with her.

The investigation, said the source, is not limited to the
academic departments alone, but extends to some non-academic staff
members, who have perfected ways of intimidating some of the female
students into sexual relationships.

The source said others from the departments of Economics and
Computer Science were among those being investigated.

The source, who pleaded not to be named because the issue
remained yet at the level of allegation, added that some of the
female students were being pimped by some of their male colleagues
who drink out with some of the lectures.

The source said: “It is a serious matter, although it remains at
the level of allegation.

“There is this particular lecturer who was said to have taken a
fresh exams paper home, where he allowed a female student to
rewrite a failed course. The lady in question is said to be
sleeping with him.

“There are several other related allegations, more of which are
in the History Department. Some non-academic staff members are
being investigated too.

“The investigation is going on discreetly and it appears we have
a can of worms on our hands.

“Some of the male students are said to be the go-betweens in
this sex for grade thing.

“Some staff are said to have gone low as to demand recharge
cards and snacks from students, particularly female students, who
they allot marks.

“The situation is capable of undermining academic discipline in
the school hence the management felt it should be nipped in the
bud.”