The Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, has supended a lecturer, Mr Okoroafor Ifeanyichukwu, for assaulting a male student as captured in a viral video.
The lecturer was seen slapping the student and forcefully brutalising his legs as if kicking a football.
SaharaReporters gathered that the student, whose identity remains unknown, had complained of not feeling well before the attack.
The incident occurred on Thursday while students were queuing to enter a hall for an entrepreneurship training session.
The victim was seen rushing to join his fellow students when Mr Ifeanyichukwu confronted him.
In the video, the lecturer was heard saying, “Why don’t you stay there and tell me since I said nobody should enter?” The students around him were heard pleading, repeatedly saying, “Sorry sir, sorry sir, sorry sir.”
Reacting to the incident, the school management suspended Mr Ifeanyichukwu from duty as a facilitator in the Technical and Entrepreneurship Development Centre.
In an official statement signed by Dr. Okoye P.C., Director TEDC the institution announced, “You are hereby suspended from duty as a facilitator in the Technical and Entrepreneurship Development Centre pending the outcome of investigation into the incident that occurred yesterday, 13th March, 2025, at the site of your entrepreneurship training.”
In a recent similar incident, SaharaReporters had reported how management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State (popularly known as UNIZIK), expelled a student, Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious, for assaulting a lecturer from the Department of Theatre and Film Studies.
The conflict began when the lecturer interrupted a video recording the student was making because the student was blocking the way to a lecture room, leading to a heated argument that escalated into a physical fight.
In videos circulating on social media, the student was seen dancing at the entrance of a campus building while being filmed. As the lecturer, Michael, attempted to pass by, he tapped her on the shoulder to make way for himself.
The video had showed that while Michael continued into the building, the student turned with a frown and said, “Imagine! Why would he touch me like that?”
However, the situation escalated into a physical confrontation when Michael overheard the student insulting him and returned to confront her.
Upon returning, he noticed she was recording a video. Not wanting to be captured, he reached for the student’s phone, but she aggressively grabbed his clothes. During the struggle, she bit him multiple times and tore his clothes.