{"id":718740,"date":"2019-10-08T11:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T11:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/prof-gyampo-trapped-in-bbc-sex-video\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T11:29:49","slug":"prof-gyampo-trapped-in-bbc-sex-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/prof-gyampo-trapped-in-bbc-sex-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Gyampo Trapped In BBC Sex Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Prof. Ransford Gyampo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\nBBC Africa\u2019s documentary exposing how lecturers across top universities in West<br \/>\nAfrica demand sex from their students to offer them undeserved good grades has<br \/>\nsparked outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Names<br \/>\nof lecturers involved in the act, particularly male lecturers, have begun to<br \/>\npop up.<\/p>\n<p>BBC<br \/>\nunder its Africa Eye project aimed at exposing wrongdoings in public<br \/>\ninstitutions is scheduled to air the documentary that could lead to dismissals<br \/>\nof lecturers involved if proven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gyampo Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nBBC documentary appears to capture top University of Ghana Lecturer, Prof. Ransford<br \/>\nGyampo, a social commentator, in the scandal but he has already said he was<br \/>\nentrapped.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the BBC, Prof. Gyampo, who is currently the Head of European Studies at UG,<br \/>\nmade \u201cnumerous inappropriate demands\u201d from a \u2018student\u2019 he had agreed to mentor.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nis captured allegedly requesting to marry one of the BBC undercover journalists<br \/>\nwho had posed as a student.<\/p>\n<p>Prof.<br \/>\nGyampo has said he is innocent and is threatening to sue the BBC for bringing<br \/>\nhis hard won reputation into disrepute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another Episode<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nanother episode in the documentary titled: \u201cSex For Grades\u201d, another UG<br \/>\nlecturer was caught on camera pleading for sex with an undercover reporter who<br \/>\npretended as a student.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nname of that lecturer has been given as Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, who is at the<br \/>\nCollege of Education, University of Ghana (UG).<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nthe BBC Africa Eye undercover documentary, Dr. Butakor is heard begging the<br \/>\nlady to be her \u2018side guy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>An<br \/>\nundercover BBC journalist had posed as a final year student of the School of<br \/>\nEducation and Leadership, University of Ghana, and approached Dr. Butakor about<br \/>\nher desire to pursue Master\u2019s Degree after her Bachelor\u2019s Degree.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nlecturer appealed to the lady on several occasions, begging \u201clet me be your<br \/>\nside boy, side guy\u2026 men have side chicks\u2026I will not give you trouble\u2026seriously<br \/>\nI will not give you trouble\u2026I will not give you trouble\u2026I will not be a<br \/>\ndistraction to your life\u2026let me be your side guy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nwent to reveal to the \u2018student\u2019 that he is a married man and that his wife is<br \/>\nnot in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nthen told her again that he would like to be by the side of the student or vice<br \/>\nversa.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid \u201cmaybe you\u2019ll be my side and I\u2019ll also be your side because me, I\u2019m married\u2026my<br \/>\nwife is not in the country though\u2026my wife is out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the documentary, after meeting him for the second time in his office, Dr. Butakor<br \/>\ntold her how beautiful she was looking and inquired whether any guy on campus<br \/>\nhad ever said so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou<br \/>\nlook muwaah\u2026how many guys have told you? You are beautiful today\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.<br \/>\nButakor, after his meeting with the final year student, offered a National<br \/>\nService work placement in his department even though the deadline for National<br \/>\nService application had passed.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nhad assured her that there would be no interruptions and being in his office<br \/>\nwould help her focus on her career, saying \u201cno distractions, your focus should<br \/>\nbe on your career\u2026then the side will see how best he can also contribute to your<br \/>\ncareer and make you to become a better person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the BBC, Dr. Butakor has denied having any sexual relationship with the<br \/>\nlady, saying he follows all university sexual harassment and misconduct rules.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nBBC said the UG had told them that it considers the allegations to be \u2018extremely<br \/>\ndisturbing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It said the university also said it has a proactive policy on sexual harassment and is committed to uprooting the problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Ransford Gyampo A BBC Africa\u2019s documentary exposing how lecturers across top universities in West Africa demand sex from their students to offer them undeserved good grades has sparked outrage. 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