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    How Undercover Journalists Exposed West Africa's 'Sex For Grades' Scandal

    Professors at prominent universities in Ghana and Nigeria were caught on camera by the BBC asking their students for sexual favors.
    by Emily Vaughn Oct 25, 2019 4 minutes
    A BBC investigation sent undercover reporters, posing as students, to meet with lecturers at prominent universities in Nigeria and Ghana. There is footage of the lecturers sexually harassing these individuals. In the documentary, several sources and reporters wore masks on screen to preserve their anonymity.

    "I'm a 28-year-old who never got to finish school because of one thing," says Kiki Mordi. "It wasn't because I wasn't brilliant or anything — I was a high flyer when I was growing up. But I didn't even finish. All because of sexual harassment."

    According to Mordi, one of her professors withheld her exam results for two semesters because she refused his sexual advances, leading her to drop out of school and give up her dream of becoming a doctor. Mordi tried to report her sexual harassment at the time but says "it was clear nothing was going to be done."

    "That's robbery," she says. "If there's any one place in the world girls

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