The family of late Inih Ebong, a lecturer victimized for over two decades by the University of Uyo (UniUyo), Akwa Ibom State, has fixed his burial for 10 October.
Mr Ebong, 73, was an associate professor of theatre arts at UniUyo before his appointment was unlawfully terminated on 27 March 2002. This plunged his 25-year teaching career, his life, and those of his dependants into what seemed an irreversible turbulence.
Mr Ebong, a UK-trained lecturer, had been a vocal voice against alleged corruption and maladministration at UniUyo. Because of this, some powerful officials within the university moved against him. They took many unethical, inhumane, and unlawful actions, including falsely accusing him of sexually harassing a female student, just to silence him and kick him out of the university.
The university refused to reinstate him or pay his salary and other entitlements despite a court order and other legal victories, including the ones at the Court of Appeal.
For over two decades, Mr Ebong had been fighting not only for justice but for survival – he was broke and could not feed himself and his family and was diagnosed with cardiac failure.
Nigerians, including the billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, came to his rescue after PREMIUM TIMES broke the news about Mr Ebong’s deteriorating health.
Sadly, Mr Ebong died on 16 April 2025 at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, six months after PREMIUM TIMES published an investigative report on how UniUyo ruined his career and life with false accusations of sexual harassment.
On 13 April, shortly before he passed on, Mr Ebong called our reporter from his sickbed and complained, “I have stayed here too long. It’s as if I am in prison. I want to go home.”
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