A sacked lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Richard Akindele, has been released from prison after serving a two-year term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalists learnt that the lecturer, who is a professor of management accounting, was released on March 19 and now back home to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, Maureen Onyetenu, judge of a federal high court in Osogbo, Osun state, sentenced Akindele to prison after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sentenced Akindele to 24 months jail-term for asking Monica for a sexual benefit and handed him another 24 months jail-term for soliciting from the victim, sexual benefit to pass her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The judge also sentenced Akindele to 12 months jail-term for deleting parts of the WhatsApp conversation between him and Osagie to conceal evidence against him and sentenced him to another 12 months jail-term for falsification of age. She had held that the six-year jail terms would run concurrently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an audio which went viral online, Akindele was heard demanding five rounds of sex from Osagie to award her a pass mark in a course she failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akindele, a clergyman at the Anglican Diocese of Ife, was a member of the church\u2019s marriage committee before the scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalists also learnt that his appeal against his conviction is scheduled for hearing at the court of appeal, Akure, on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his new book, \u201cNaked Abuse: Sex for Grades in African Universities\u201d, Olusegun Adeniyi addressed the menace of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sacked lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Richard Akindele, has been released from prison after serving a two-year term. 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