ICPC cautions students against inducing lecturers sexually for marks

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has cautioned students in higher institutions against inducing their lecturers sexually to pass their examinations.

Owasanoye, who gave the warning during the inauguration of Students Anti-Corruption Vanguard (SAV) in Abuja, said that any student, who engages in such immoral behaviour, would be investigated and prosecuted by the commission when reported.

The ICPC boss, represented by the commission’s Head of Education Department, Baba Ashiru, said: “We are aware some of you induce the teachers also. If you leverage on that and pass your examinations, and it is reported to the commission, we will investigate and when you are found guilty, you will be prosecuted.”

According to Owasanoye, the commission was engaging the youths actively in the fight against corruption to eradicate sexual harassment, sexual inducement, cultism, examination malpractices as well as truancy, adding that any nation that neglects the youths does so at its own peril.

He told participants that they must be men and women of integrity as they were the backbone and strength of the nation and should play a huge role in moving the nation forward.

  Owasanoye said that the commission, since its inception, had always recognised the vital role youths play in the anti-corruption fight, and had seen the need to ensure their participation in the memorable event, as well as for them to seize the opportunity to sensitise their peers and members of the public against the menace.