Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the conception that victims’ sexual harassment is architects of their fate, especially by their attitude, dressing or willingness to be in a compromising place with their violators is wrong.
Osinbajo was quoted in a statement in Abuja by his aide, Laolu Akande, to have expressed this view at a webinar on Anti-Sexual Harassment, with theme, “Finding Safe Spaces for Female Students in Nigerian Universities,” organised by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, , Osun State.
The event was based on the book authored by a journalist and former Presidential Spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi, titled Naked Abuse: Sex for Grades in African Universities.
The Vice President emphasised that the idea of blaming the victim should be resisted in every situation, saying there is also the comparison sometimes made between demanding bribes for service and sex for grades.
