Video: UNIZIK lecturer speaks after clash with student

• The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) lecturer, Dr Chukwudi Okoye, who was seen in a viral video has narrated his encounter with the student, Goddy Mbakwe Precious
• Okoye, a lecturer in the theatre arts and film studies of the institution, disclosed that he was only passing and tapped the student to let him pass
• However, Precious, a student from the History and International Studies department of the institution., who was making a Tiktok video, flared and assaulted the lecturer

UNIZIK lecturer Dr. Chukwudi Okoye speaks on assault by student, Goddy Mbakwe Precious
Photo Credit: @KENNIS104FMSource: UGCWhat eyewitness said on UNIZIK assaultI was leaving a classroom to my office when I saw the lady along the corridor of the Faculty of Arts. She was making a TikTok video and I needed to pass because of the way the place was and someone was on the other side.How UNIZIK lecturer speaks on assaultI said, Excuse me, and walked off. And when she made that insulative comment, I had to turn back to first ascertain if she was a student or my student in the department.I needed her to delete the video. I asked her to delete it right in front of me. When she refused, I stretched my hand to confiscate the phone. And that was when all hell let loose and the rest, as they say, is history.

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