How army officer convicted of sodomy avoided jail, got pardon, landed top university jobs
An army officer convicted of sodomy 29 years ago avoided serving the sentence, received a pardon, and later became a prominent academic in Nigeria and abroad. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction 18 years ago, but he never faced imprisonment.
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