Justice
Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun state has
sentenced Professor Richard Akindele, a former lecturer at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile Ife, to 2 years in prison for demanding sex to
pass one of his students, Monica Osagie. LIB reported earlier that
Akindele changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty during the
hearing of the case on Monday December 17th.Akindele was first arraigned
in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission (ICPC) on November 19th on a three count charge
bothering on "using his position as a lecturer in the Department of
Management and Accounting to demand for sexual benefit from a student
and fraudulently upgrade her result in Research Method course which she
supposedly failed in 2017". He initially pleaded not guilty.On Monday
morning during the hearing of the case, he made a u-turn,
pleading guilty to all the charges. The court has sentenced him to
2-years in prison. Breaking: OAU sex-for-markk lecturer, Richard Akindele sentenced to two years in prison
Justice
Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun state has
sentenced Professor Richard Akindele, a former lecturer at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile Ife, to 2 years in prison for demanding sex to
pass one of his students, Monica Osagie. LIB reported earlier that
Akindele changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty during the
hearing of the case on Monday December 17th.Akindele was first arraigned
in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission (ICPC) on November 19th on a three count charge
bothering on "using his position as a lecturer in the Department of
Management and Accounting to demand for sexual benefit from a student
and fraudulently upgrade her result in Research Method course which she
supposedly failed in 2017". He initially pleaded not guilty.On Monday
morning during the hearing of the case, he made a u-turn,
pleading guilty to all the charges. The court has sentenced him to
2-years in prison. 
