.Doctor testifies in court, says two girls were abused
By Eberechi Obinagwam
A medical doctor, Alade O Eyedeji, has given expertise testimony in the ongoing trial of Okon Etim for sexually assaulting eight-year-old Akuvin Bummi Idowu, and nine-year-old Obama Agama.
At the Special Offenses Court of the Ikeja Judicial Division, the witness, a medical doctor with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), told the presiding judge, Justice Seyi Solebo, that the medical examinations of Akuvin and Obama revealed repeated forceful penetration to their virgina.
He explained that the repeated forceful penetration was based on the absence of hymen found on her virgina for Akuvin.
“My findings, the client was found to be calm, well oriented, not hurt, not stained and medically stable. I looked at her physically, there was no fresh vocal area of injury to her physical body. The main area in the virgina entrance called introitux was found without lining. The flow of the entrance which is called Fourchix was red and was also slid down as well. On the anal, that is the anus, it was normal. At this level, I came to the conclusion that with this slight found in her virgina, with the absence of hymen, there have been repeated forceful penetration into the clients virgina,” he said.
For Obama, his second client, who was refereed from the same Itire Police station on August 17, 2017 by 3:40pm, the doctor said: “She was found clinically stable. There was no fresh injury to her physical appearance. All the parts of her virgina were found to be normal. Anus was found normal. In conclusion, the absence of injury to her virgina does not neglect her account. However, the absence of hymen on the uterus was suggestion of repeated forceful penetration into her virgina,’’ he said.
Akuvin, who is eight, had told the doctor that examined her that one Baba invited her to his house, and that the baba is a familiar person to the community. That the Baba removed her clothes and pant and put his thing. When asked what is the thing. She just said the thing. A dummy penis was showed and she identified it as the thing Baba put in her virgina. She said that Baba has done same thing in three occasions and that he used to give her money.
For Obama, she told the doctor that she used to go to the Baba’s house close to her school with her friend and that Baba used to have sexual intercourse with her and that he has done it many times.