‘We found evidence of forceful penetration,’ Doctor describes how Dr Olaleye repeatedly raped wife’s niece

A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that she found evidence of forceful penetration when she examined the niece of Dr Olufemi Olaleye’ wife, who was allegedly defiled by Dr Olaleye.

It would be recalled that Dr. Olaleye, the Medical Director of the Cancer Care Foundation, Lagos, is standing trial for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old niece of his wife.

He has pleaded not guilty.

In continuation of his trial on Wednesday, the fifth prosecution witness, Akinbunmi, a forensic expert at Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, said the defendant gave his victim pills to swallow to prevent pregnancy.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the witness was led in evidence by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Babajide Martins.

“She (the minor) said the defendant usually called her at night when others were asleep, to come downstairs; he would remove his trousers and ask her to perform oral sex on him.

“According to her, the defendant sometimes would put his fingers in her vagina and would tell her she would die if she told anyone,” the witness said.

The medical doctor further told the court that a medical examination of the survivor revealed injuries consistent with repeated forceful entry and blunt penetration of the vagina.

“It is an indication of ongoing forceful blunt penetration of the vagina.”

While being cross-examined by defence counsel, Mr Babatunde Ogala (SAN), the witness told the court that the pattern of the injury she saw on the minor was consistent with what the survivor narrated to her.

The medical doctor further told the court that the survivor was already 18 years old at the time of the medical examination and she could not verify from her findings whether the bruises were caused by the defendant.

She added that she could not tell when the alleged defilement started or ended.

Earlier, the Investigative Police Officer (IPO), Insp Esther Igbineweka, testified as the fourth prosecution witness and told the court that she took the defendant’s statement in April 2022, when he denied the allegations.

During her cross-examination, the IPO said that she was aware that the defendant had also alleged in his statement that the survivor was having sexual intercourse with one Meshach who was working for the Olaleyes at the time.

She, however, added that she could not investigate further on the matter because the said Meshach was nowhere to be found.

The IPO also said that she did not view the content of the CCTV footage which the defendant presented to the police on the alleged sexual encounter between his wife’s niece and Meshach.

NAN reports that a child forensic interviewer, Mrs Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, had on Dec. 3 testified before the court, saying that the survivor informed her that the defendant wiped the blood from her body with a tissue paper the first time he had sex with her.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Ajayi-Kayode, the assistant director of The Cece Yara Foundation, said her organisation was engaged by Babajide Martins, Lagos State director of public prosecution (DPP), to carry out a forensic interview on the girl.

The child advocate said she conducted the forensic interview on October 5, 2022 at her organisation’s office in Gbagada area of Lagos, and the report was submitted to the DPP on October 15, 2022.

She added that the forensic interview was monitored by representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the DPP, ministry of justice, and Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency.

The report of the forensic interview and a flash drive containing the video recording of the interview were submitted as exhibits to the court.

Recounting the survivor’s testimony, the child specialist said the girl informed her that before the abuse started, the defendant asked her if she was a virgin.

Ajayi-Kayode said: “She (survivor) was groomed into serial sexual activities by her aunt’s husband (Olaleye). The child informed me that her aunt’s husband asked her about her virginity.

“And he told the child that virginity is no longer in vogue and that as a medical doctor, he usually covers up for girls who have lost their virginity or gotten pregnant.”

The child specialist said when she asked the survivor if she had been sexually active before Olaleye, her response was negative.

“She also said the day the aunt’s husband had penetrative sex with her, there was blood and he used tissue paper to wipe it off,” Ajayi-Kayode added.

The child specialist told the court that the doctor threatened to “abandon” his family members and travel out of the country if the survivor reported the rape incident to her aunt.

Ajayi-Kayode added: “The aunt’s husband comes at night to check if the window is closed, after which he will wake her up and ask her to come and prepare coffee for him downstairs.

“During one of the occasions, he started by touching her inappropriately, lifting her nightgown, putting his fingers into her private part. And on other occasions, he would make her perform oral sex.

“She also informed me that he perpetrated the abuse in the part of the sitting room where the CCTV camera did not cover.”

Ajayi-Kayode said the survivor told her that she was introduced to serial sexual escapades by the defendant.

“The survivor said there was a day the defendant told her to prepare ‘amala’ for him, and while doing that, he took her to their study room and had sex with her,” she narrated.

The survivor had on Dec. 21, 2021, reportedly testified against the defendant in a closed hearing which was in line with the 1999 Constitution and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act as amended.

Also, wife of the defendant, Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, on Dec. 19, told the court that her husband was diagnosed with sex addiction.

Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until Jan. 26 for the continuation of trial.