BBC investigative journalist, Kiki Mordi, said she has received subtle death threats following her undercover report unraveling sexual harassment of female students by male lecturers at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana.

In an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters after the release of the video, Mordi said BBC has provided her with enough security and therefore not secured of the treats that she has been receiving for some time now.

She said:

“I have received subtle threats since this work was completed but I am not bothered because the BBC takes the security of employees seriously.”

On how she was able to carry out her work on the documentary, she revealed that she had to undergo training over and over again just to make sure she is able to get everything right.

“Before embarking on this project, the team prayed a lot and also sang because it helped to calm the nerves. But I had to go through the training I received over and over again because I wanted to get it right.”

“The bulk of the ritual I performed were reading, research and preparation. The biggest goal of this work was to be louder than the aggressor because sexual harassment is very loud. I wanted it to be silenced.”

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Mordi said she is glad that things have been changing since the documentary was released, adding that more needs to be done to halt sexual harassment in African universities.

“I am happy that a lot is changing already since the documentary was released and I can confirm to you that one of the lecturers at the University of Lagos caught sexually harassing a prospective student has been dismissed by the institution,” she said.

“I believe it doesn’t stop there until there is a conviction. We have to break that culture of impunity.”