The suspended Chairman of Ambrose Alli University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Monday Igbafen, has asked the University to retract its “defamatory materials” within 30 days, or risk being sued.
It will be recalled that Edo state-owned university had last week suspended Igbafen over alleged gross misconduct bordering on sexual harassment and threats of sex-for-marks.
Igbafen, however, insisted the allegations were concocted to blackmail and cow him.
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The lecturer, in a letter to the school through his lawyers, is also demanding the sum of N200m as compensation for the reputational injury he suffered because of the said offensive publication.
The letter read in part, “The author of the write-up and the university knew that that allegation was unfounded but was only meant to spite our client and he has indeed been injured by the grave but untrue allegation contained in that offensive publication.
“Our client has been injured in his character, credit and reputation and has been exposed to odium, hatred and ridicule and has suffered damages.”