By Matthew Otabe
The Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) has officially spoken out over a viral video on the physical assault of a young girl, Blessing Mathias, allegedly by one of its lecturers, Dr. Fred Ekpe Ayokhai.
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Recall that the viral reports revealed that the daughter of Dr. Ayokhai, who had earlier quarreled with Blessing, who is not a student of FULafia had her father along with some persons believed to be their family members allegedly later combined to assault Blessing.
The Management of the University in a statement signed by Abubakar Ibrahim, Head, Directorate of Information and Public Relations made available to Quest Times on Wednesday said “The unfortunate happenings occurred when the University is not in session, with plans underway to reopen for academic activities on November 7, 2022.
“Dr Ayokhai, though a staff of FULafia, the Management of the University wishes to, categorically, dissociate itself and the University from the unpardonable, shameful and condemnable actions of Dr Ayokhai. FULafia, with Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman as its Vice-Chancellor, is proud, and reputed for observance, of its core values, namely, integrity, innovation and discipline, through which its actions are conceived, tailored and anchored.
“The University will not, therefore, condone actions that seemingly, or otherwise, contradict its core values, irrespective of who the perpetrators of such actions should be. Consequently, the University, eagerly, awaits conclusion of investigations on this matter, which must be carried out to their logical conclusion, to take the next line of action.
“It is pertinent to state that the University has laid down rules, procedures and regulations on how to deal with its staff whose behaviours are found to have fouled the laws and rules that govern their conducts.
” Therefore, the University wishes to assure the people that the unfortunate action exhibited by Dr Ayokhai does not represent, in the least, what should be expected from any member of staff of the University and his action is condemned in very strong terms by the University.
The statement reassured the general public that measures are already in place to guarantee the good conduct of the staff of FULafia, such measures would be strengthened and reinforced to forestall any future occurrences of the type of dismissive and appalling behaviours exhibited by Dr Ayokhai