Scores of protesters, on Thursday, stormed the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja to protest against the continued stay of Professor Abayomi Fasina in office as the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE).

The protesters, who armed with placards with various inscriptions such as: ?Ekiti deserves better?, ?Protect our women?, among others, argued that the VC cannot be in the office while he was being probed for sexual harassment allegations.

Daily Trust reports that the embattled VC has been under investigations at the 13-year-old institution over allegations made in a leaked voice note regarding a sexual harassment case against one of his married subordinates.

Speaking to journalists after submitting a petition to the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, the leader of the protesters under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Corruption, Victor Adetola, said suspending the VC would give room for thorough investigations into the matter.

Adetola said, ?We have looked at the developing story that has been going on in that university and as an organization that is fronting for the welfare of Nigerian students and the community or the educational community generally.

?The issue will be festering if there is no thorough investigations, and we need that place to be sanitized. Honestly, currently there is a disciplinary action investigation that is going on that was first given a three-weekultimatum.

?After that, they requested for another three weeks ultimatum, even inclusive of the governing council. And for the past six months, nothing has been done. We see that a lot of undiagnosed, a lot of corruption has been festering.

?In fact, one of the most critical issues that is happening is the sexual harassment that has happened to one of the married assistant directors in that school.

?Specifically, it?s necessary that the leader of the university step down first, or the governing council make him to relieve that position first so that independent investigation can be carried out on all the petitions that we have written.

?We have brought to the Ministry of Education today and other agencies will be copied so that independently, so that we, generations that are coming up, will be able to have an environment and a society that we know that is just and egalitarian.?(Daily Trust)

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