A 20 year old undergraduate of the University of Lagos gave testimony before an Ikeja High Court on Thursday, alleging that her lecturer, Dr Samuel Ojogbo, raped her in his underground office on the University's campus. The student, led in evidence by state counsel Mr Owolabi Azeez, told the court the incident occurred on August 22, 2025, a day after the defendant first spoke to her during an examination.

According to the student, Dr Ojogbo approached her on August 21, 2025, while she was sitting in an examination and asked whether the questions reflected her reading. "I said yes, I knew a section better. He told me not to worry and to see him after the exam," she told the court. She visited his office twice that day but did not find him in.

The following day, after another examination supervised by the defendant, he asked her to wait. She said he led her to an underground office with no windows and no secretary present. "We sat and discussed the exam. Two students entered; he dismissed them and asked me to shut the door. As I closed it, he stood behind me, pushed me onto a couch and began touching me. He caressed me, forced himself on me and raped me," she said, weeping in court. She added that afterwards, "he said he would supervise my final year project and collected my number."

The student told the court she left in tears and reported the incident to a friend. The matter was subsequently brought to a lecturer, who contacted her uncle, also a staff member in the department, and they proceeded to the Head of Department's office. "He asked for evidence and why I did not record it. The defendant denied the allegation. The HoD advised us to let it go and be more careful with lecturers," she said.

Her uncle insisted on formal action. A report was made to Servicom, and she visited the university's medical centre before the matter was referred to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, which directed her to Bariga Police Station and WARIF for further tests. "I underwent tests at WARIF and returned to the police. The case was moved to the gender unit," she said. She added that the defendant's family later sought a meeting.

Justice Oyindamola Ogala adjourned the case until April 27 for cross-examination. Dr Ojogbo faces a two count charge of sexual assault and rape brought by the Lagos State government. The prosecution holds that the offences contravene Sections 260 and 263(1) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, which prescribe life imprisonment upon conviction.