Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, an health practitioner, has testified before
a court in the alleged r__pe case involving Femi Olaleye, managing director of
Optimal Cancer Care Foundation.
Akinbunmi appeared before the Lagos special offences and
domestic violence court on Wednesday to explain the findings of her medical
examination on the survivor.
The health practitioner told the court that she works at the
family medical department of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH),
Ikeja and the Mirabel Centre.
Akinbunmi said she is a medical forensic examiner that deals
with survivors of s##xual abuse and violence.
BACKGROUND
Olaleye, a doctor, is standing trial on a two-count charge
of defilement of a child and s##xual assault by penetration.
He was accused of s##xually violating his wife’s niece for
over 20 months.
In December 2022, Aderemi, wife of Olaleye, told the court
how her husband allegedly introduced her niece to p00rn0graphic content and
oral s##x.
The survivor (name withheld) had initially appeared before
the court in a closed-door session, while journalists and other parties were
barred from monitoring the proceedings.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL
EXAMINATION
During Wednesday’s hearing, Akinbunmi said the survivor was
presented at the Mirabel Centre on March 15, 2022 for medical examination over
the alleged r##pe incident.
She said before the survivor was subjected to medical
examination, the young girl narrated the details of the s##xual assault
allegedly perpetrated by the defendant.
“She (the survivor) gave the history of the repeated s##xual
abuse since March 2020,” the health practitioner said.
“She said the aunt’s husband (the defendant) usually calls
her in the middle of the night when others are sleeping to come downstairs.
“She said the aunt’s husband will remove his trousers and
tell her to suck his male organ He sometimes puts his fingers in her v@gina@.
“She said he also applied something like lubricant before
penetrating her v@gin@@ with the p__nis, which she said happened about four
times. He also gave her pills after the interc0urse and threatened her.”
Speaking about the medical findings, the expert told the
court that the findings show that there was “repeated forceful penetrative”
injury on the v@@gina of the survivor.
“After the examination, the major findings were in the g3nital
area. The hymen was angular which means ring-shaped and slightly estrogenised.
“There was a notch at
9 ‘O’ clock position on the hymen and transection at one ‘O’ clock position at
the hymen. Transection means a deep cut
“The v@@gin@ wall was also unduly visible, revealing more
than one-third of the lower vagina.
“The pattern of injury that I saw was consistent with
repeated forceful penetrative injury into the vagina. It is an indication of
ongoing forceful blunt penetration of the v@@gin@.
“In my medical opinion, if there is a repeated penetrative
forceful injury on the v@_gina, it would be the classical features I saw on the
v@___gina and hymen because it has been ongoing.”
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY
DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL
During cross-examination, Babatunde Ogala, the defendant’s
counsel, asked if the survivor informed the medical expert of when the alleged
s___xual abuse ended.
“She only said when the abuse started. She did not say when
it stopped,” the health practitioner responded.
Ogala also asked whether the survivor mentioned her age
during the medical examination.
“Yes. she said she was18 years old at the time of the
medical examination,” the expert said.
The defendant’s counsel asked how the medical expert
concluded that the alleged s___xual abuse was perpetrated by Olaleye.
“There was no place I concluded that it was the defendant
that committed the act. I only stated what she (survivor) told me,” she
responded.
Ogala again queried: “You can’t say it is the defendant that
committed the act?”
In her response, Akinbunmi said she doesn’t know who
committed the alleged s___xual abuse.
After further cross-examination by the defendant’s counsel,
Rahman Oshodi, the presiding judge, adjourned till January 26 to hear more
testimonies from witnesses.
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