During cross-examination, the IPO said she was aware that Olaleye alleged in his statement that his wife’s niece was having sexual intercourse with one Meshach who was working for him at the time.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday heard that Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly gave his wife’s teenage niece pills to swallow to prevent pregnancy.
A medical doctor, Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, who is the fifth prosecution witness and a forensic expert at Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, stated this before the court.
Olaleye, the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, has since pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.
Led in evidence by Babajide Martins, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Akinbunmi said, “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 medical doctor further told the court that a medical examination of the minor revealed injuries consistent with repeated forceful entry and blunt penetration of the vagina.
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While being cross-examined by defence counsel, Babatunde Ogala (SAN), the witness told the court that the pattern of injury she saw on the minor was consistent with what was narrated to her.
The medical doctor further told the court that the alleged victim 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.
During cross-examination, the IPO said she was aware that Olaleye alleged in his statement that his wife’s niece was having sexual intercourse with one Meshach who was working for him at the time.
She, however, added that she could not investigate further on the matter because Meshach was nowhere to be found.
The IPO also said that she did not view the content of a CCTV footage which Olaleye presented to the police on the alleged sexual encounter between his wife’s niece and Meshach.
On December 3, a child forensic interviewer, Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, told the court that the minor informed her that Olaleye wiped blood from her body with a tissue paper the first time he had sex with her.
Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until January 26.
