Sacked Ojukwu varsity lecturers deny allegations of insubordination, sexual harassment

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...