Ndifon is standing trial for alleged sexual harassment and gratification against TKJ and others.
A witness in the trial of the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, who is facing trial for sexual harassment of female students in the faculty, has said that 16 nude videos were found in the suspended dean’s phone.
Ndifon is standing trial for alleged sexual harassment and gratification against TKJ and others.
Also joined in the matter is his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, who was alleged to have called TKJ, urging her to shun the ICPC’s invitation.
A forensic and intelligence analyst with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bwaigu Fungo, reportedly said that Ndifon forwarded the videos sent by a witness, TKJ, to another number.
According to Fungo, in total, 16 nude videos were extracted from Ndifon’s phone, out of which, only three belonged to TKJ.
TKJ is said to be a Diploma of Law graduate whose name was withheld based on the order of the court to protect her.
Punch reports that TKJ had in her testimony stated that Ndifon demanded oral sex and her virginity in exchange for admission into the full LLB programme.
She further accused Ndifon of forcing her to give him oral sex in front of her hostel inside his car.
On Monday at the resumed trial at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Fungo who is the fourth witness, reportedly said that the suspended law dean forwarded TKJ’s nude videos to another number which ends with 617.
Fungo was quoted as saying, “We observed that the videos received were forwarded to another subscriber. What I mean is that the nude videos sent by TKJ to the professor were sent to another number. That number ends with 617. There was also a video sent by TKJ and another phone was used to record the video while being played on the phone.
“A total of 16 nude videos were extracted from his phone among which TKJ sent three."
He further told the court that one of the nude videos was sent on September 26, 2023, following a request from the suspended dean, adding that the WhatsApp chats were done over the internet and showed requests and receipts of nude videos.
Under cross-examination by the defendant’s counsel, Joe Agi (SAN), Fungo was asked if the nude videos displayed in court were done voluntarily, to which he said that based on the forensics analysis, the nude videos were not voluntarily sent.
Fungo said that “Based on our analysis, the act of TKJ was involuntarily done.”
When Agi demanded that the nude videos be played again for the analyst to confirm whether TKJ was moving her body in the clip, Fungo said, “My lord, there was movement.”
Agi asked for an adjournment to continue his cross-examination of Fungo, and also applied that the Nigerian Correctional Service should take the second defendant to the hospital for adequate treatment and return him to custody pending the perfection of his N50 million bail.
The trial judge, Justice James Omotoso, granted the oral application and adjourned the case till February 14 to continue the hearing.