{"id":107616,"date":"2023-09-07T22:15:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107616"},"modified":"2023-09-07T22:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:15:18","slug":"unilag-professor-arrested-for-raping-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/unilag-professor-arrested-for-raping-student\/","title":{"rendered":"UNILAG professor arrested for raping student"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A University of Lagos (UNILAG) lecturer and Associate Professor of Botany, Kadiri Akeem Babalola, has been arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a female student of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old student, it was gathered, accused Babalola of committing the crime during her visit to the lecturer\u2019s office to address issues related to her results.<\/p>\n<p>It was learned that the victim reported the incident to the Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation, noting that the alleged assault occurred on August 16, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO was later said to have reported the case to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, prompting the Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, to issue a warrant of arrest for Babalola through the state High Court after the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor was given a seven-day ultimatum to produce the professor.<\/p>\n<p>It was further gathered that Babalola admitted to the crime when he was summoned for questioning by the Vice-Chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on his X account, said the professor would be arraigned in court soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is to appear in court in the coming days,\u201d Hundeyin stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Lagos (UNILAG) lecturer and Associate Professor of Botany, Kadiri Akeem Babalola, has been arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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