Two lecturers of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Prof. Chike Osegbue and Comrade Emeka Nwabunnia, who were among five academic staff sacked by the university’s governing council, have rejected the allegations leveled against them.
While Osegbue, of the Political Science Department, was accused of insubordination for allegedly refusing to teach a course to Msc students allocated to him, Nwabunnia was accused of sexually exploiting students in the Microbiology department.
Osegbue was suspended for six months before the announcement of his eventual sack on Friday, while Nwabunnia was suspended for 30 months before his sack was announced.
But at a press conference on Sunday, the two lecturers refuted the allegations, while further speaking of what they refered to as the rot in the university.
Osegbue said, “I’m not aware of my sack. When I was suspended, even though it was a poorly contrived allegation, at least I got a letter of suspension, but as for sack, I’m hearing it from the media just like you. I have just concluded my six months suspension and I’m waiting for a recall.”
Tendering his reply to the query he received months back about not teaching a postgraduate course, PSC 811: Environmental Politics and Sustainable Development, allocated to him, Osegbue said he refused to teach the course because the students did not meet the criteria for sitting for examination.
According to him, the students were only admitted two weeks before exams, which he said violated the laws of the institution.
His response to the query, which he presented
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