The Kwara State command of the
Nigeria Police has provided details of how a medical doctor, Dr Ayodele Joseph
allegedly had carnal knowledge of a patient under his care.
The doctor was arrested by the
police command for alleged gross indecency and rape.
The medical doctor was paraded
alongside 13 other suspected criminals in what appeared to be another harvest
of arrests of suspected criminals in the state within two months under the
watch of the state police Commissioner, Paul Odama.
Ayodele,‘m’ of Ayodele Hospital,
Sawmill area, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, allegedly raped one female victim,
(name withheld) said to be a nurse on May 5, 2023, at his hospital located in
Ilorin.
Parading the suspect alongside 13
others at the State police command on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Paul
Odama said that “one female victim ( name withheld) a nurse by profession
reported to the Police that she went to Ayodele Hospital at No. 290, Sawmill
Area, Lagos Road, Ilorin for surgery.
“The Chief Medical Director of
the hospital, Dr. Ayodele Joseph, during the treatment, sedated the patient
which led her to become unconscious.
“Before the sedation, fearing any
mishap, the patient activated her telephone and placed in a vantage position to
record the surgery unknown to the doctor, before the expected surgery.
“She woke up from sleep after the
surgery to find herself fully naked, and when viewing the recorded video, she
discovered that the said Dr. Ayodele Joseph had an unlawful sexual intercourse
with her while under sedation.”
The police commissioner disclosed
that investigation led to the recovery of the video recording of the sexual
action of the said doctor on the victim which was also corroborated by the
medical examinations conducted on the victim.
Odama said “the same suspect, Dr.
Ayodele Joseph had of recent been arraigned in court by the Police for the
offences of Criminal Conspiracy, Negligent Conduct, Causing Hurt by Act
Endangering life or Personal Safety of others and Culpable Homicide arising
from his unprofessional conduct resulting in the death of one Nneka Akanike ‘F’
in his hospital under a questionable circumstances which led him being charged
to court.”
In all, the suspect is facing
four criminal charges being handled by the Police command so far, according to
the police commissioner.
He said the suspect would be
charged to court again for rape after conclusion of investigation.
Meanwhile, the doctor dismissed
the allegations, describing it as a set-up
He said the nurse was his
girlfriend of eight years.
According to him, “She is my
girlfriend and we have dated for eight years. I trained her as a nurse; I
sponsored her to a school of nursing in Lagos and I employed her. How can I
rape a lady that I have had intercourse with several times?
“What else do I want to see in
her body? She only wanted to set me up to rip me of some money. Already, she
has collected a substantial amount of money, which is with her. She has already
collected about N500,000 from me on this issue and she is still demanding more
money.”
The remaining 13 other alleged
criminals were arrested for offences ranging from criminal conspiracy, armed
robbery, cultism, and belonging to a group of ritualists.
They included Olaoye Oladapo ‘M’,
Isaac Idowu ‘M’ and two others now at large, found with one unregistered
Volkswagen Golf car.
The commissioner said “On 17th of
April. 2023 at about 2205 hrs, one Tijani Wasiu ‘m’ of Alalubosa Area Kishi,
Oyo State reported at ‘E’ Division Kulende Ilorin that at Amala Place along
Fate road Ilorin, he was intercepted by four masked armed men and his
unregistered Volkswagen Golf 3 saloon car was snatched at gunpoint.”
Odama disclosed that
investigation into the matter led police detectives from the command to Bida in
Niger State where one Olaoye Oladapo was arrested in possession of the stolen
vehicle and he confessed to be one of the robbers that snatched the vehicle
from the victim.
According to the police
commissioner, the suspect also confessed to have just been released from prison
after serving a prison term of three years.
Further investigation led to the
arrest of the second suspect, Isaac Idowu, who took part in the robbery
operation.
“It is pertinent to state that
the suspect has just been given State pardon from prison. Efforts to arrest the
other suspects still at large are ongoing,” he added.
He further revealed that
investigation also revealed that the suspects are members of a notorious
robbery gang terrorising some parts of the State and of the habit of shooting
their victims to death during such operations.
Also paraded were five other
suspects alleged to be members of a secret cult and a gang of thieves,
including Aluku Ridwan ‘M’, Kabiru Fatai ‘M’ Saadu Alubu ‘M’, Aminah Muhammed
‘F’, and Zainab Lawal ‘F’
Items allegedly found on them
were dried weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, a quantity of hard drugs
suspected to be ‘ICE’, and two Knives.
They were arrested during a raid
by anti-robbery operatives on 26/04/2023 at about 2300 hours at the black spot
around Gambari/Oja Gboro area and discovered at Kokewu-Kobere area, Oja Gboro,
a criminal hideout, where five suspects were arrested with the incriminating
items.
The police boss said
Investigation conducted revealed that the arrested suspects were members of
secret cults that terrorised innocent citizens of the area and dispossessed
them of valuable properties, adding that all the suspects would be charged in
court at the conclusion of investigation.
Paul Odama, further disclosed
that acting on an actionable intelligence, two other suspects Adeniyi Wasiu ‘m’
aged 27 years and Habeeb Morufu ‘m’ (27) were arrested at about 1100 hrs of
10/05/23 at Alao Farm area of Tanke Oke Ogun Ilorin, Kwara State by operatives
attached to Anti-Narcotics section of the command during investigation.
He said the residence of the
suspects were searched and substances suspected to be illicit drugs were
recovered by the detectives.
The illicit substances allegedly
recovered included weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, some sachets of Tramadol,
eight bottles of codeine syrup, sachets of ice, one sachet of Refinol, sachets
of Colorado, and some sachets of Skunk.
He said on interrogation, the
suspects confessed to be the owners of the drugs and that they sell the drugs
to students and interested members of the public.
The police commissioner, however,
said the suspects would be transferred to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, for conclusive investigation and prosecution.
The arrested alleged ritualists
are Mahmud Abdulraheem ‘m’ of Egbejila, Ilorin, herbalist, Abubakar Bamidele
‘m’ of Lagos State and Odekunle Fawad ‘m’, Lagos State.
Odama explained that they were
accosted by the CP’s intelligence patrol team around General Hospital
roundabout, Ilorin.
The suspects, according to the
police commissioner, “were already in a commercial vehicle on transit to Lagos
and that on body search, assorted charms and other fetish items suspected to be
for ritual purposes were recovered from them.
“Upon interrogation, it was
revealed that the second and third suspects came from Lagos to Ilorin to meet
the first suspect who is a herbalist to do money making charms for them.
“It was also confirmed that the
two suspects from Lagos are internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo boys.
They were on their way to Lagos to complete the money-making ritual process
before they were arrested.
“The suspects would be charged in
court after investigation,” the police commissioner added.
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