Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years' imprisonment for sexual harassment.

Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgement on Monday in a criminal case prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

Mr Ndifon, a professor of law, was suspended as dean of the faculty after some female students of the faculty held a protest rally, accusing him of sexual harassment.

The lecturer, who had since denied the allegation, claimed that some of his colleagues, who were uncomfortable with his leadership style, had manipulated the students against him.

The ICPC had fil...