Chizitere Obioha, a 16-year-old student seeking admission into a higher Institution, has accused one of the invigilators for the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of sexually harassing her during the examination.
Chizitere, in a petition to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, said an invigilator, identified as Mutiu Olayemi, requested her phone number during the examination and that she declined, and her result was withheld.
Chizitere’s father, Onyebuchi Obioha, petitioned the lawmakers for intervention for his daughter.
Chairman of the Committee, Neda Imasuen, presented the petition on the floor of the Senate last Tuesday.
While submitting the petition, Mr Imasuen, the senator representing Edo South, told the upper chamber that the invigilator attempted to befriend Chizitere during the examination but she declined, and after that, her result was withheld following an allegation that she was involved in examination…