Alleged rape: Court discharges, acquits UNIBEN lecturer …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has discharged and acquitted a lecturer with the University of Benin, UBTH, Dr Omowumi Ekundayo Steven of alleged sexual assault and rape of a final year female student of the institution.
Justice (Mrs) Mary Itsueli discharged and acquitted the lecturer in a judgement delivered on Friday, October 25, 2024.
Steven, a lecturer in the Department of English and Literature, has been standing trial over the alleged sexual assault and rape since 2022.
In her judgment in the suit marked B/CD/8CV/22, Justice Itsueli averred that the…
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