Denrele Edun, a Nigerian media personality has claimed he was sexually harassed by a lecturer who thought he was a lady during his time in higher institution.
He made the revelation in a recent conversation with Taymesan, the host of the ‘Tee With Tay‘ podcast.
He said,
“I’ve never said this anywhere. I got harassed in a lecturer’s office. The lecturer thought I was a girl, yes. And it was one of those courses that you know, one of those general courses. I will not say the course name.”
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Further detailing the experience, he continued,
They asked us to submit my assignment and said me I should submit my own tomorrow. Me I no said, ‘Ah! Thank God o! They even gave me time.’ Because as an educationist, if you’re studying English Education, you’ll do both…. you’ll go to Arts, Education. And it’s always stressful. And we might have class 8-10am in Education and 10-11am in Arts. So, you’re scrambling for the campus shuttle or you have to walk or run. And I mean, I didn’t have a car at the time.
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Denrele went further to say,
So, one of those times, I wrote a paper and anytime I wanted to submit, the lecturer would say, ‘Don’t worry, come back.’ So I was like this lecturer is nice o! So, one day I went and I was like, ‘Sir, I want to see you.’ And he said, ‘Oh, fine girl; come in.’ So I was stuck. I now said, ‘Hey, if I now say I’m not fine girl, this course I’ve failed it’. So when I entered, I was like ‘Well done sir’ and he said, ‘Drop it’ teasingly.
“And you know, he started coming closer. Then I realised I was done for. He was already coming on, not too strong but I could feel the energy because we already heard the gist about this particular lecturer. So, I said, ‘I have entered this one today’. I couldn’t tell anyone obviously or could I tell him upfront that I was a bros and that he should step back. Of course that would have meant me failing that course instantly.
In the latter part of the session, the controversial media personality added,
Then he spoke Yoruba and said I should go. That children who behaved like me were the most spoilt. When I came out, everybody that greeted me, I didn’t even answer. I was just walking down that Arts corridor till I got to the car park.
According to the controversial media figure, this was the first time he was sharing the experience with anyone.
