Gambian male student sues Nigerian female lecturer for assault

A Gambian male student, name witheld, has sued the acting Dean at the Faculty of Law of the University of The Gambia, Gloria Akpore, for assault.

This was disclosed in post released by a local digital media platform, What’s On – Gambia, on Saturday January 23, 2021.

“As we speak right now, a criminal charge of assault has been filed against Madam Gloria at the Kanifing Police Station for assaulting me at the exam hall,” the post reads.

The post, however, says that the Nigerian-born dean has been granted bail.

While reacting to the allegation, a Gambian, See Saa, suggested that the lecturer should be thoroughly investigated.

“Students should behave well. Human being should always strive to be responsible and respectful especially to those that are older than you irrespective of anything that might have bring you together whether in the school, society or even a work place,” he said.

“But the lecturer should not go beyond her limits. I’m 100% sure that she dares not behave like that in Nigerian university.

“She should be grateful and respectful for the fact that Gambia in unlike Nigeria when staff would be “striking every now and then and would not be paid salaries for a very long time.

“She can’t come here and treat our students a way she would not have done in her own country,” he added.

In his reaction, Muhammed Ceesay said, “Some of our students in UTG lack home training. I’ll advise madam Gloria be contacted to hear her part of the story and some other lecturers in UTG.

“As a law lecturer, she knows the law more than you the student. By the time you lose the case be ready to pay the court fines to her.”