Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- John Oshodi, a US-based educator, has described the over two decades of victimisation of a Nigerian lecturer, Inih Ebong, despite several court rulings as an "institutional failure" and a "direct affront to the authority of the Nigerian government, (and) the judiciary".

The University of Uyo (UniUyo), Akwa Ibom State, unjustly terminated Mr Ebong's appointment in 2002 because of the lecturer's persistent criticism of the federal university's alleged maladministration and corruption.

About five successive UniUyo's vice-chancellors have refused to reinstate Mr Ebong and pay his salary and other entitlements despite several court rulings in the lecturer's favour.

Mr Ebong was an associate professor of theatre arts when...