One of Ghana’s vocal political commentators and avowed critic of politicians, Professor Edward Yaw Gyampo who is implicated in the yet to be premiered BBC Africa Eye undercover investigation has been sighted in a video crying over the damming documentary in lectures.
In a video cited by Happyghana.com, Professor Gyampo, who is also the Head of European Studies at the university of Ghana is seen crying whiles the students are consoling him to stop. “We believe you sir, stop crying.”
In excerpts of the video released on BBC Somalia’s Facebook page, Professor Gyampo persuaded the reporter to meet him at the mall where he was caught on camera making “numerous [alleged] inappropriate demands.”
In the report, he also allegedly requested to kiss the reporter.
The documentary was commissioned in response to allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers that have hovered over tertiary institutions.
After initial interviews, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana.
The lead reporter in the exposé, Kiki Mordi, said she was also a victim of sexual harassment when she was in school.
The BBC said its female reporters were “sexually harassed, propositioned and put under pressure by senior lecturers at the institutions” while they were wearing secret cameras.
The bulk of the excerpt released spent time in the University of Lagos and one of its lecturers alleged attempts to proposition a student seeking admission into the school.
A lecturer at the University’s College Of Education, Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, was also indicted in the investigative piece.
He has also denied the claims.
It is expected that more lectures will be implicated in the exposé.
By: Joseph Nii Ankrah
