The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the Dean of the Faculty of Law, following allegations of violating the institution’s established laws and policies.
The suspension, effective from August 17, 2023, was conveyed through a letter signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe.
Background of Suspension
The decision to suspend Prof. Cyril Ndifon came as a response to his handling of a query issued to him by the University Management.
In the wake of his response, the Vice Chancellor expressed dissatisfaction with his explanations, leading to the subsequent suspension.
Suspension Details
The official letter read, “Please refer to our letter Ref UC/REG/DISC.45A dated August 14, 2023, on your alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the University and your response to the said letter which was dated 16th August 2023.”
As a result of the Vice Chancellor’s dissatisfaction, Prof. Ndifon has been relieved of his role as Dean of the Faculty of Law.
He has also been placed on suspension pending an investigation into the allegations.
This investigation will be carried out by a panel that will be set up specifically for this purpose.
The suspension’s effectivity is from August 17, 2023. Prof. Ndifon has been instructed to transfer all University property in his possession, along with his official responsibilities, to the Sub-Dean of the Faculty before vacating his office.
Furthermore, he is required to stay away from the University premises, except when responding to an invitation from the panel overseeing the investigation.
Newsmediang has earlier reported how the Students of the Faculty of Law staged a protest against Prof Ndifon for Sexually abusing female students.
The protesting students carried placards with inscriptions suggesting that their demand was based on the dean’s unbridled sexual harassment of female students.
Some of the inscriptions read “Professor Ndifon, let the girls with big breasts breathe. Stop suffocating us”, “We are tired of sucking dicks”, and “Professor Ndifon must go for our sanity.”
The protest was led by the president of the Law Students Association of Nigeria, LAWSAN, UNICAL branch, Benedict Otu.
Reacting to the students’ protest, Prof. Ndifon described the students’ allegations as “lies” by his detectors intended to destroy his good reputation.
He was quoted by Cross River Watch as saying, “Since I defeated some persons in an election that was keenly contested, to emerge as Dean of the faculty, it hasn’t been easy. I had skipped several booby traps.
“These allegations are baselessly masterminded by my detractor, who had vowed to ensure that my image is dragged into the mud just because I won the faculty elections twice.
“This won’t work. Colleagues of mine who are bent on tarnishing my reputation just to destroy me. The question is where are the victims of sexual harassment? Can someone harass girls without the ladies coming out to raise the alarm that they were sexually harassed?
“For Christ’s sake, I don’t teach Year 2 or Year 1 students, so I don’t know why they have chosen to drag my name into the mud. This was why I said earlier that the allegations were lies, cooked from the pit of hell, just to destroy a reputation that I had spent decades building.”
His plucky defence notwithstanding, the dean was suspended in September 2015 following a petition to the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. James Ekpoke for allegedly raping a student in his private office.
He sued the institution at the National Industrial Court in Calabar in 2016 but lost the case. The following year, he also attempted to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, from investigating and prosecuting him for abuse of office before the Federal High Court, Calabar. However, the case was dismissed by the presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo.
But in 2021, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi reappointed and reinstated him as the dean of the institution’s faculty of law.

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