Convicted rapist Kolawole Muyiwa not our staff member – LASUED VC

By Uchenna Eletuo

The management of Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) has insisted that one Mr Kolawole Muyiwa, who was convicted of rape was not a staff member of the institution.

Speaking on the conviction of Muyiwa, LASUED Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye, said the convict was never a staff member of the university.

Lafiaji-Okuneye who described rape as debasing to humanity added that the school maintained a zero-tolerance stance toward the act.

The VC explained that the clarification became necessary to discourage such behaviour and to put the records straight for public awareness.

She described Muyiwa as an intruder to the university community, brought in by Mr Sunday Fawowe, a lecturer who allowed his friend to use his office where the rape of a female student occurred.

According to her, the culprit exploited the opportunity to violate the student, who was a minor at the time the crime was committed in 2021.

According to her, the school reported the incident, after which Muyiwa was prosecuted and later convicted.

“But the court’s judgment of Feb. 27, 2025, which convicted Muyiwa, pronounced him a staff member of the institution, contrary to his real status as an intruder who was never employed by the school,” she said.

“The university hereby unequivocally states that he was never in the employment of the institution.”

Contacted, Fawowe, who was linked in the judgment, declined to comment.

(NAN)