'They aren't boasting of first class students but virgins - Dr Abati knocks Madonna University founder

Journalist, Reuben Abati has reacted to a controversial statement by Reverend Father Emmanuel Edeh, the founder of Madonna University.

Edeh, in a viral video, boasted female students who enroll in the university as virgins always graduate as virgins.

He identified the university’s focus on morals and discipline as the main reason for the phenomenon adding men from abroad who seek to marry virgins, come to Madonna University.

“Madonna is a university where there is no secret cultism, molestation, examination malpractice, no bullying, zero tolerance for hard drugs. A zero tolerance for sexual immorality."

“It is only in this university that is clearly maintained that girls who enter the university as virgins graduate as virgins. They enter our university as virgins and graduate as virgins."

“Tell me any other university in the whole world that can maintain this," he asked.

Reacting to the comments on The What's Trending segment with Ogy Okpe on Wednesday, March 27, Dr Abati wondered why a university with the status of Madonna does not boast of producing scholars but rather advertising virgins.

"A university that is not producing scholars but advertising virgins. They are not boasting about first-class graduates but are boasting about virgins," Dr Abati quizzed.

Madonna University, founded in 1999, is the first private Catholic university in Nigeria. It also has three campuses in Elele, Rivers State; Okija, Anambra State; and Akpugo; Enugu State