A church in Nigeria says it has ordered a pastor to step down from ministerial duties after a BBC Africa Eye investigation implicated him in a “sex for grades” scandal at a leading university.
Boniface Igbeneghu, a lecturer in French at the University of Lagos, was caught on video sexually harassing a 17-year-old undercover reporter.
“Let me just hug you. My baby. My baby. No wait. Don’t ask me what I want to do. I’m not going to harm you,” he said at one point.
Dr Igbeneghu was also a pastor at The Foursquare Gospel Church, which said in a statement that it does not condone “heinous and unscriptural” acts.
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It has asked him to step down, pending the outcome of an investigation, the church’s national secretary Ikechukwu Ugbaja said in a statement.
Dr Igbeneghu has not yet commented on the allegations.
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Sex for Grades – university lecturers harassing female students, pressuring them for sex in return for grades or admission – is a scandal that’s gone on for decades.
You asked #BBCAfricaEye to investigate.
This is what we found.
Full doc: https://t.co/C9dT31HKS3 pic.twitter.com/IsPwSeCOA3
— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) October 7, 2019
