Suspended poly lecturer accused of sexual misconduct becomes bus conductor in Rivers (Photo)

Zoe Tamunotonye a lecturer at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola in Port Harcourt, has turned into a bus conductor for survival over the alleged refusal of the school management to pay him his six months salaries.

According to Punch, a statement signed by the institution Registrar, Chris Woke dissociated itself from an incident of alleged sexual misconduct against Tamunotonye involving a 200-level female student, and consequently slammed him with a three months suspension, pending the outcome of an investigation.

But Tamunotonye was spotted on a social media post loading passengers and calling out areas of destinations.

Adorned in black trousers and a white T-shirt with sandal shoes, the lecturer was seen announcing the bus destinations.

The distraught lecturer stated that he resorted to the conductor business as several attempts to get an alternative job had hit a brick wall.

“I had an issue with my school and they suspended me for three months without salary. Eventually, they set up a committee, did their findings and after the end of the committee’s work, since March, the committee’s report has not been released.

“Rather, management wrote me a letter to resume work, that they have lifted my suspension. But that I should write an apology letter to management.

“So I responded by asking for clarification on the need for the apology and asked what the result of the committee was, they refuse to avail me the outcome of the committee’s report.

“However, I resumed work and started teaching, but they refused to pay my salaries since January, this is six months I have not been paid.

“It has been six months now I have not given my mother anything for feeding, there are six young widows I take care of, some of them in my committee, and also some aged people that I support with my little pay.

“One of the widows called me last Friday that the children need to pay the examination fee of three thousand naira, I couldn’t raise it,” he added.

When asked what the actual problem with the school was, he said it was about a young lady in the polytechnic whom he had a transaction with outside the institution, stating he was later accused of sexual harassment.

“I even reported the matter to the school, the security said it had nothing to do with the school, we should go and resolve our problems. The matter got to the commissioner of Police and he resolved it amicably. All parties went home.

“It was one week after when I wanted to launch my book in honor of the governor, that the school went to the media with this claim.

“They should dismiss me if I am guilty of the harassment they accused me of, but if I am not, they should go and clear my name in the media and pay me my salary. I have nobody to defend me. My mother is a trader,” he added.