A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Friday, dismissed the appeal of Richard Akindele, the lecturer sacked by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, for demanding sex from his student, Monica Osagie.
Mr Akindele approached the appeal court to challenge his trial and conviction at the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, following a matter filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).
PREMIUM TIMES in 2018 reported how the professor was caught on tape demanding sex to upgrade the marks of Ms Osagie, a Masters student at OAU.
The leaked tape generated furore which led to his dismissal from the fortress of studying after an investigative panel installation with the aid of the group located him responsible of misconduct.
He became later arraigned earlier than Maurine Onyetenu at a Federal High Court in Osogbo on a four-count number charge through ICPC, alleging him to have committed an offence opposite to Section A (1)(2) of the corrupt practices and different associated offences Act.
Mrs Onyetenu discovered him responsible and sentenced him to 24 months in prison. He served his sentence in Ilesa prison.
Not pleased along with his conviction and sentence, Mr Akindele thru his counsel, O. A. Ijatuyi, approached an appeal court docket in Akure.
He argued that the offence bordered on sexual harassment in the workplace and could simplest be tried by using the National Industrial Court by way of virtue of segment 254 of the constitution. This changed into countered by means of the respondent by using ICPC counsel, E.A. Shogunle.
Delivering judgment on Friday in enchantment no: CA/AK/80c/2019 Prof Richard Akindele v FRN, the court stated the jurisdiction of the National Industrial Court in criminal topics isn't one-of-a-kind.
It similarly held that S. 26(2) of the ICPC Act 2000 presents jurisdiction to any superior courtroom of document to try offences underneath the Act, consequently it disregarded the appeal for loss of benefit.
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