A Nigerian woman, Annie Teriba, a gay student activist at Oxford University, has resigned from her position in the student union following a sex scandal, Nigerian Times reports.
According
to The Guardian, the third-year student of Wadham college confessed to
having begun a physical relationship with a person at the NUS black
students’ conference without the full consent of the partner, as it
turned out later.
The
activist apologised for her behaviour in a statement published by the
Oxford University magazine Cherwell. She blamed herself for having
failed to ensure the act was consensual.
ANNE TERIBA |
See her message in full below:
“This statement explains why I will be stepping back from political campaigning from now.
“(I owe you a proper explanation, so will go into details here which you may find triggering.)
“At this year’s NUS black students’ conference, I had sex with a girl . The other party later informed me that the sex was not consensual. I failed to properly establish consent before every act. I apologise sincerely and profoundly for my actions. I should have taken sufficient steps to ensure that everything I did was consensual. I should have been more attentive to the person’s body language. In failing to clarify that the person consented to our entire encounter, I have caused serious irreparable harm.
“In a
separate incident, in my first year of university, I was alerted to my
inappropriate behaviour whilst drunk in a club, where I had touched
somebody in a sexual manner without their consent. Therefore this is not
an isolated incident. I apologise sincerely and profoundly for my
actions.
“With
these incidents I have rightly lost the trust of those who I organise
with and fully intend to work to ensure that I both put my politics into
practice in my personal relations and to prove to them that I am
committed to transformation. As such, it would be wrong of me to accept
platforms and access spaces until I have done so.
“In order to ensure the safety of others, I will be taking a number of steps:
i) I breached NUS’s safe spaces policy, so will not be attending future NUS events.
ii) I
am resigning from all the political positions I hold – from NCAFC’s
National Committee and from the NUS’s black students’ committee, and as
editor of the No Heterox** zine and as the people of colour and racial
equality officer at Wadham SU, Oxford.
iii) I will be stepping back from prominent campaigning in other forums, including #RhodesMustFall and rs21.
iv) I
commit to getting help with how I consume alcohol. It is clear that I
lack self-awareness and become sexually entitled when I am drunk. This
does not excuse my actions, I am wholly responsible for the damage that I
have caused.
v) I
commit to educating myself properly about consent by reading zines and
other materials which have kindly been made available to me.
vi) I
commit to seeking help from perpetrator organisations – for example, I
have taken steps to establish contact with RESPECT and will be seeking
out organisations who specifically deal with sexual violence.
“I am deeply sorry for the hurt I caused.”
wow!...This Apology must be part of the conditions metted out to her by
the appropriate authorities.I wonder how her family will see this!
Like her for apologetic. Her sexual orientation is headache any way
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