The dismissed female lecturer of Takoradi Polytechnic who was accused of coercing some female students into lesbianism has dragged the school to court.
The Rector of Takoradi Polytechnic, Rev. Prof. Daniel A. Nyarko, signed a dismissal letter to Ms Sheeba Quartey on April 18, alleging that she had among others admitted being a lesbian when she appeared before the school’s disciplinary committee.
In her suit, Ms Quartey is demanding to be reinstated, the payment of all her benefits since her dismissal and any other relief’s granted by the court.
According to the plaintiff, she was never allowed to confront any of the students who accused her of coercing them into lesbianism although the school authorities claim their decision was based on information from the students.
Until her dismissal, she was a Senior Instructor at the Department of Fashion Design and Technology at the Polytechnic.
She said before she was invited to appear before the disciplinary committee, the committee said it had interviewed some students and conducted its own investigations and it was clear that she (Sheeba) was having amorous relations with some students. The committee also relied on an illicitly recorded conversation by a particular student.
The said voice recording was never played to her while she was not given the opportunity to confront a main witness in the matter, Ms. Barakat Nuhu, Ms Quartey said.
Sheeba Quartey has however denied the accusations indicating that the dismissal letter did not state any specific charge against her.
The beleaguered lecturer is alleged to have threatened to fail the students in their examinations, if they refused to acquiesce to her lascivious demands.
One of the students who she (Quartey) had allegedly been making sexual advances at reported the issue to her parents living abroad.
A plan was hatched, and a conversation in which the lecturer made an advance to the lady was recorded and presented to the school authorities as evidence.
The school’s disciplinary committee, convinced by the gathered evidence, decided to sack Sheeba Quartey.
The news of her dismissal went viral with some media houses blowing the details out of proportion and other being accused of misrepresenting the facts.
The authorities of Takoradi Polytechnic demanded an apology from one such media house-the Daily Graphic – for reporting some falsehood.
According to the school authorities the Paper, without any proof, concluded that many students have been converted into lesbians.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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