Student to court: UNILAG lecturer raped me in his office

A 20-year-old student of the University of Lagos on Wednesday narrated to a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja how a 53-year-old lecturer of the school, Samuel Obinna Ojogbo, allegedly assaulted her in his office.

The student gave the account before Justice Oyindamola Ogala while testifying as the first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Ojogbo.

The Lagos State Government is prosecuting Ojogbo on a two-count charge of rape and sexual assault.

Led in evidence-in-chief by the prosecution counsel, A.O. Azeez, the witness said the incident occurred on August 22, 2025, at about 1200hours, at the university’s Akoka campus. When the victim entered the witness box, she began by introducing herself: “I am a student of the University of Lagos.”

She recalled that a day before the incident, while writing an examination, the defendant approached her.

The victim stated, “Prior to the 22nd of August, 2025, on the 21st of August, I was writing an exam not related to banking.

“I was seated in the first row, the first seat. The defendant came inside at the first row while I was writing my exam and asked, ‘Hope it is what I read that came out?’ I said yes, that I knew a particular section more than the other section.”

“He then told me not to worry and that I should come and see him in his office after my exam,” she said.

The witness told the court that she attempted to meet him twice after the exam but did not find him in his office.

According to her, “The second time I went with my friend, he wasn’t around either, so I left.

“The second day, being 22nd August, I had another exam slated from 9:00am to 12:00pm, but the defendant was the one taking us.

However, on August 22, after completing another examination, she said she encountered the lecturer near her faculty.