S£xual Abuse Scandal Rocks NCC As USPF Director Is Accused Of Mol£sting Ex-Presidential Aide’s Daughter
Sexual Abuse Scandal Rocks Nigeria’s NCC As USPF Director Is Accused Of Molesting Ex-Presidential Aide’s Daughter
A married employee of the ministry, Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, disclosed the excesses of the permanent secretary in a petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, through her lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and urged the minister to investigate the envoy.
Female Employee Writes Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Seeks Probe Of Permanent Secretary, Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa Over ‘Serial Sexual Harassment, She asked that disciplinary actions should be taken against Lamuwa to serve as a deterrent to others.
The petition dated May 29, 2024 and titled: “Request For An Investigation Of Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa’s Conducts Of Sexual Harassment At The Place Of Work, Abuse Of Office Official Intimidation And Discrimination,” was signed by Adebayo A. Oniyelu LP for Falana & Falana’s.
Narrating how the Permanent Secretary had been harassing her, the counsel reminded the minister that he (Tuggar) had intervened in the past and was assured that such atrocity and bizarre act would not happen again yet, in May, he (Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa) resumed his sexual molestation, a development that had created an unsafe and uncomfortable working environment for their client and other workers in the ministry.
The petition partly read: “Our attention has been drawn to the bizarre and continuous incidents of sexual harassment, intimidation, oppression, discrimination and conduct likely to breach the public peace within your esteemed Ministry by Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa. Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa’s conduct has created an unsafe and uncomfortable working environment for our client and other staff within your Ministry due to the disturbing experiences and ordeals from the Permanent Secretary.
“Consequent to the foregoing, we seek the intervention of your good office on the above- captioned matter based on the following facts:
“October 7, 2023 during the first policy retreat to review President Tinubu’s 4D policy, Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa approached our client to inquire as to why she did not sleep at the hotel and informed her that he would want her to come to his room after the event. Our client explained that she was a nursing mother and needed to go home to care for her baby.
“Dissatisfied with this, he reiterated his sexual advancement to our client by saying “Is it a big baby or small baby- he suspects it’s a big baby and would like to find out so he can join”. He, however, continued this line of inappropriate anecdotes throughout the retreat.”
