The management of Adeleke University,
Ede, Osun State, has offered to give a
scholarship to the 18-year-old admission
seeker allegedly raped by a part-time
lecturer of the University of Lagos, Mr.
Akin Baruwa.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that the
institution became concerned about
the fate of the girl following series of
PUNCH reports detailing the girl’s
experience.

Our correspondent contacted the Vice
Chancellor of the institution, Prof.
Oluwole Amusan, who confirmed this
on Wednesday.

The university don explained that the
institution decided to take the step
because the management was moved
by the plight of the girl, who was
allegedly raped in the course of her
quest for a university education.

The VC said, “Giving out scholarships
to indigent students is not new to us.
Our founder had a foundation whose
existence preceded the university,
through which scholarships were
given to students.

“Since the university was established
four years ago, the tradition has
continued.”

According to the VC, the scholarship
would cover the four-year duration of
Mass Communication, which the girl
has chosen to study, a course which
UNILAG has said she was not qualified
for with her 211 score in the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

He said it has not been determined
whether the scholarship would be full
or partial since he had not yet
interacted with the father of the
victim.

With a student population of over
1,000, one fifth of Adeleke University
undergraduates are on scholarship, it
was learnt.

The father of the alleged rape victim,
told our correspondent that he had
been contacted by the institution to
come to the university.

“I was so happy when I was contacted.
May God bless you so much for seeing
the case through. I am so happy. Such
scholarship would be a big blessing to
my daughter,” he said.