PROF CYRIL OSIM NDIFON: Ist Cross-River Professor of Law, 1990 Call, OAU Graduate, NBA Member – Brief Profile of Alleged UNICAL Sexual Predator

The Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Osim Ndifon is trending online following a viral video of the Students of the Law Faculty protesting Sexual molestation from the controversial academic.

Information available on the internet shows that Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon is a Professor of Law in the University of Calabar, Calabar Nigeria. He holds an LL.B degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife (1989). He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990.

He also holds two postgraduate degrees (LL.M and Ph.D) in Law. He specializes in the areas of comparative criminal law, International humanitarian law and International criminal law.

He has been a teacher at the University since his call to Bar.

Prof Ndifon was made a Professor in the Faculty of Law by the University in 2012. He is the first professor of Law from Cross River State

Professor Ndifon is also a member ofthe Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), National Association of Law Teachers, International Literacy Association

In September 2015, he was arrested for luring a 20 years old female student to his office and raping her.

Prof Ndifon was accused by mother of the victim, Mrs. Irene Akpan, in a letter sent to the university, alleging that the incident happened between 3 and 5pm on August 29 at the dean’s private office on the top floor of the faculty building.

Narrating her daughter’s ordeal, Mrs Akpan explained that the dean had set a one-hour test for the students on that Saturday, assigning two lecturers to carry out the supervision.

She alleged that 20 minutes to the end of allotted time, Ndifon entered the hall and ordered the students to stop writing.

Mrs Akpan said while the students were preparing to submit their answer sheets, Ndifon approached her daughter, tore her answer sheet and left the shreds on the seat.

Her words: “He walked straight to my daughter’s desk, collected the script and tore it. He left the torn script on her seat, so the girl collected the pieces and put them in her bag. According to her, you will still have to pass through the faculty before leaving the building.

“She said as they were leaving, the dean accosted her again and asked if she still had the shredded script, she said yes. He instructed her to follow him to the general dean’s office to recopy the answers on another plain sheet, which she did.”

“The unsuspecting girl followed him to the general office where two people were, including the dean’s secretary. The office of the dean is on the first floor of the building, according to my daughter.

“She said while writing in that office, the dean who had earlier gone out, came in again and instructed her to follow him to his private office on the second floor so that she could comfortably use the table.”

The victim’s mother said five minutes after getting to his private office, the dean locked the door, concealed the key and started making advances, adding that they struggled but Ndifon subdued her and had sex with the girl.

She said her daughter was later taken to Airport Police Station, along IBB Way in Calabar, where she gave statement and also had medical examinations at the police clinic.

He was suspended by the University in 2016.

Prof Ndifon dragged the University to court, and on September 21, 2016, the National Industrial Court in Calabar, presided over by Justice Eunice Agbakoba, dismissed the suit.

On November 16, 2017, reports that the university management had recalled Professor Ndifon made headlines with pictures of his arrival on the university premises.

Prof Ndifon Returning to the Campus in Style after Suspension

He was re-elected Dean of the Faculty of Law in 2023 and his tenure will as Dean will expire in January 2025.