Alleged Sexual Harassment On Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun In Foreign Affairs Ministry: Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa Risks 14-Year Jail Term

<h4>Alleged Sexual Harassment On Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun In Foreign Affairs Ministry<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that sexual harassment in the ministry of Foreign Affairs has attracted the attention of the Head of Service of the federation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the story earlier published in Vanguard newspaper&comma; Foreign Affairs Minister&comma; Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar&comma; has written a letter to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation&comma; HoS&comma; over allegation of sexual assault on Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi by the Permanent Secretary&comma; Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the letter dated 27TH May&comma; 2024&comma; sighted by Vanguard&comma; Ambassador Tuggar noted that he was forced to lodged an official complaint against the Permanent Secretary&comma; saying that Ibrahim Lamuwa has been harassing female staff of the ministry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the letter titled&semi; &OpenCurlyQuote;<strong>RE&colon; OFFICIAL COMPLAINT REGARDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">MRS SIMISOLA FAJEMIROKUN AJAYI BY AMBASSADOR IBRAHIM ADAMU LAMUWA<&sol;a> &lpar;PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS&rpar;”<&sol;strong>&comma; Tuggar offered to assist in the investigation&comma; advising the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to handle the matter accordingly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The letter signed by the Foreign Affairs Minister&comma; reads in part&semi; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am compelled to write to inform you of a formal complaint against the Permanent Secretary&comma; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ibrahim Adamu Lamuwa on allegations of sexual harassment&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bearing in mind the gravity of the matter&comma; I feel it necessary to draw your attention to it and ask that you handle it accordingly&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Please find attached a copy of the complaint I received via email&period; May I also assure you that I remain available to provide you with any assistance required in discharging your responsibilities&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When contacted on the issue&comma; Special Adviser&comma; Media and Communications Strategy to the Foreign Affairs Minister&comma; Alkassim Abdulkadir affirmed the story as he simply replied with&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyQuote;It’s true’<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria condemned sexual harassment and provided sanctions against perpetrators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Section 351 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Any person who unlawfully assaults another is guilty of a misdemeanour&comma; and is liable&comma; if no greater punishment is provided&comma; to imprisonment for one year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Section 352&colon; Any person who assaults another with intent to have carnal knowledge of him or her against the order of nature is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;