The Political Science Students’ Association (POSSA) has jumped to the defence of suspended senior lecturer of the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Yaw Gyampo, who was cited in a sex-for-grade exposé by the BBC.
Prof Gyampo was captured in the sex-for-grades investigative piece released early this month, proposing marriage to an undercover female journalist who the BBC said posed as a student of the University of Ghana.
According to the BBC, the outspoken political science luminary had agreed to mentor the lady, who unknown to him, was investigating allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Prof Gyampo was said to have requested to meet the lady at her home but she managed “to persuade him to meet at a mall instead”.
“Throughout this meeting, he made numerous inappropriate remarks. He also asked her to marry him. He then said he wanted to kiss her,” the BBC narrated in the exposé.
Prof Gyampo who is the head of Centre for European Studies has since vehemently denied sexually harassing the said lady or any student.
Notwithstanding, he and one other lecturer cited in the expose have been interdicted by authorities of the University of Ghana which has commenced an investigation into the allegations.
Sex For Grades wasn’t established
Commenting on the matter Thursday, the 2018 Year Group of POSSA held the BBC exposé failed “to establish any case of extortion, solicitation, abuse of power, intimidation or coercion” against Prof Gyampo.
“The piece fails to establish a case of Sex for Grades as widely publicized” a statement signed by leader of the 2018 year group argued.
They described the BBC as “a rogue media” which is on “a sinister agenda to run down an enviable reputation without course or purpose”.
Consenting adults
The 2018 Year Group said while they frown on any act of solicitation on the part of lecturers or students, the exposé only showed a “two consenting adults who have built a rapport over the course of weeks and have exchanged gestures of intimacy”.
They said as indicated by the BBC, Prof Gyampo was targeted and profiled because he is a big fish, “powerful and influential”.
“We vehemently reject this shambolic exposé and support the legal action announced by our lecturer,” the statement said.
“As formal and current students, we know who Professor Ransford Gyampo is and what a great asset he is to the Political Science Department, University of Ghana and Ghana as a whole.
They added “We know he will be vindicated by a competent court of law and his God will surely not forsake him. This one too shall pass Prof. Yaw Gyampo. We are with you”.
By 3news.com|Ghana
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