Akindele Omotosho, a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), has been extorting N500 from students, FIJ has gathered.

Omotosho, a course adviser to National Diploma 2 (ND2) part-time students, demanded they each pay the sum before he appended his signature to their course forms during course registration. Sources said he told them paying the fee was a requirement for getting their exam dockets.

FIJ heard that the lecturer would have students visit his office to get his signature. While alone with them, he made his demands and claimed the management did not publish the fee so he took it upon himself to inform the students.

FIJ obtained an audio recording of Omotosho’s recent interaction with students. The audio clip captures the voice of a student asking another student if they brought the money.

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When this oblivious student asks what the N500 is for, Omotosho retorts, “You’re asking me? Ordinary N500. Did you ask when you were paying N3,000 before?”

Seemingly shocked, the student asks what the N500 is for, and Omotosho says, “It is for your docket.”

Dockets are physical passes students must possess to write their examinations. Without it, they do not get admitted into exam halls. FIJ independently verified that the dockets were free and without cost. To obtain one, students need to have paid their school fees and completed course registration.

During this interaction between the unnamed student and Omotosho, the student says the demand was not published on any WhatsApp group they belong to, but Omotosho said he was entrusted with informing them himself.

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The 43-second recording ends with Omotosho employing the Yoruba language to tell the student to move aside, and the student responds that she did not budget for this payment before exclaiming.

FIJ called Omotosho on Thursday but his number did not go through. FIJ also sent him the audio recording via WhatsApp but he blocked this reporter.

FIJ then called Adekunle Adams, Yabatech’s Public Relations Officer. Adams said he was busy and asked that FIJ reach him later, but he did not respond to subsequent phone calls on Friday.

Students and alumni of the institution have earlier accused Omotosho of sexually harassing them, a claim the institution promised to investigate but dropped after several other lecturers faced the same allegation and a key witness went missing.