OAU Student Assaulted by Lecturer Tells His Side of the Story (video)

A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) assaulted by a lecturer has shared his own side of the story.

He took to social media on Wednesday, November 8 to narrate what transpired.

A video of the lecturer, Dr Ariyo, of the Department of Electrical Engineering, ordering the student to turn off his phone and afterwards pushing the student after he refused to comply, got many social media users talking.

I remember our pre-degree days when one old man teaching Economics slap the shit out of my guy and repeatedly hit him in 2014 or so. He even repeatedly hit him despite the shouts. Even me dey traumatized.

A UI lecturer also assaulted a student on the road for skating recently https://t.co/SKmRA1BobA

— Femi Davies (@fermi_davies) November 8, 2023

While some slammed the student for disrespecting the lecturer, others criticized the lecturer for reacting the way he did.

In a series of posts shared on X today, the young man claimed he mistakenly entered the lecturer’s class and that when he discovered, he excused himself.

He said the lecturer afterwards called for him and when he entered the class, the lecturer accused him of impersonation and demanded that he surrendered his phone, to which he refused.