From Victor Osula, Abuja
The unknown gunmen that were widely reported to have abducted suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Cyril Ndifon in the early hours of Thursday have turned out to be men of the Department of State Services, DSS, after all.
DSS director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peter Afunanya, confirmed Ndifon’ s arrest to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
Afunanya said Prof. Ndifon was arrested on the request of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC), after he repeatedly declined to honour their invitation in the widely reported sex scandal case involving him and some law students in his faculty.
According to Afunanya,“The ICPC has sought the collaboration of the Department of State Services (DSS), on the University of Calabar (UNICAL) sex scandal matter involving Professor Cyril Ndifon, the erstwhile Dean of Faculty of Law of the Institution.
“The commission had disclosed the refusal of Ndifon to honour its several invitations thus his eventual arrest in Calabar, Cross River State by its operatives on 4th October, 2023 based on a court order.
“However, the Service, following the Commission’s request and in the spirit of interagency cooperation, supported it for a successful operation. This is to guide public understanding of the latest developments on the matter.”
