By CrossRiverWatch Admin
The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has said that the report of the Panel of Investigation presented to the institution last Friday by the panel will be presented to the Minister of Education and the National University Commission (NUC), and the Women Affairs Minister, for further consideration.
This was disclosed by Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, on behalf of the management of the institution during the official presentation of the report to the management by the panel last Friday, upon conclusion of its findings.
The VC who thanked the panel for the report, said the management, “wanted someone who cannot be influenced to head the panel, which was why Professor Dorothy Oluwagnemi Jacobs was chosen, and on behalf of the University Management, I want to thank the Chairman for accepting to head this panel.”
She, however, said it was very unusual to have an External Observer for any investigation in the university but, because of the sensitive nature of the issues raised and the personalities involved, Management had to make an exception.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Panel, Prof. Dorothy Oluwagbemi Jacob, said the Panel was sent on an errand, and a fact-finding mission, and collectively, they came to present their findings.
Her words: “We went out of our way to investigate the issues point by point. We did not rely on hearsay. We did the work objectively. We allowed all stakeholders to speak their minds. Every finding has evidence with verification. The result was not made up or cooked. Every fact here can be verified”.
Recall that the Investigation Panel was set up on August 18, 2023, to probe allegations of improprieties; sexual harassment, abuse of office, and gross misconduct leveled against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon.
Panel report below:
