FACT-CHECK: How an Unrelated Photo Was Used to Portray the UNIZIK Sexual Scandal

BY: Amarachukwu Callistus 

Caption: claim on Facebook

Claim: 

A Facebook user published a picture, claiming it to be the scenery of the viral sexual scandal between a lecturer and a student of Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka (UNIZIK).

Verdict: False! Investigation showed that the alleged image had been online before the referenced incident.

Full Text:

On Saturday, 15th August, 2026, a lecturer of Unizik was assaulted within the school premises over an alleged harassment of a female student who was identified as Chikamso Favour Okechukwu.

The incident was filmed as the video went viral on social media. Several credible media platforms in Nigeria also reported the occurrence. 

The university took no time in forming a six-men independent investigative team whose findings shed more light on the issue after a week, following the submission of their report to the university’s Vice Chancellor.

The committee established that the student was involved in examination malpractice, with the lecturer attempting to cover for her. However, the true story of the sexual scandal leading to the lecturer’s mob, is yet to be unraveled.

The committee also ruled that the lecturer contravened Section 5.8.3 of the school’s General Academic Regulation (GAR) for failing to document the examination misconduct against the student. He was therefore suspended for three months, with a half salary cut.

As for the student, she was referred to the Examination Misconduct Committee.

Meanwhile, on Monday, 24th August, a Ghanaian Facebook page Ghpage News posted a photo, captioned “Video: Unizik Lecturer Filmed drilling female student in his office. A video that has gone viral on social media shows Prof. Ifeanyi Sunny of the Chinese Department drilling a female student with the promise of making her pass her exams. Full story available in the comment section.”

The page further referred the users to a link pasted in the comment section for full details.

Within 24 hours, the post has garnered more than 1,100 likes, over 67 comments, and over 10 reshares. 

A visit to the comment section showed that the viewers believed the post to be true. But many others doubted it.

One such example is Eric Ameyibor who commented “It is so sad how teachers are enjoying the girls in schools”.Fredua Mensah who wrote: “We should start blaming the students too.” Likewise, Braa Qwajo said: “AZIGI in high esteem.”

In contrast, Kenneth Yuthees commented on the post, “Gh page if you don’t have news sit back and search current news.” Also, Kingsford Acquah Junior said, “Very old video.”

In the heat of the controversy, the perpetrators of disinformation have been exploiting the incident to feed on the emotion of the concerned individuals and frazzled students.

In order to combat falsehood and save the public from the outcomes of unverified information, Factcheck Africa conducted this investigation to set the record straight.

Verification:

To ascertain the truthfulness of the post, this reporter looked to the comment section as directed by the Facebook page and found the alleged link to the video. 

Upon clicking, the link directed us to a WhatsApp channel. The platform was created on the 4th August. Careful examination of the video links posted to the channel showed that the WhatsApp group was created with the aim of luring members to perverted videos, as none was linked to the UNIZIK incident.

In addition, FactCheckAfrica conducted a Google Reversed Image Search on the picture. The results led us to similar portraits that have been published online as far as dated back to last year.

On 1st November, 2025, Mcdovenews published a report involving a senior lecturer of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Abraham Chinedu. Supported with the image in question, the publication claimed that the Professor of Statistics has been caught in a major scandal after being captured in a compromising position with a student.

Conclusion: 

The picture used to depict that a UNIZIK’s lecturer is drilling a female student is misleading and was used out of context.  Findings by FactCheckAfrica revealed the image has been online before and unrelated to the UNIZIK’s latest incident. 

Findings also showed that the Ghanaian Facebook page published the post to improve audience engagement and drive unsuspecting users into engaging perverted videos.

This report was published under Muneer Yakub’s NACJ-UDUS Next-Gen Fact-check and OSINT Fellowship