Shodipo Olanrewaju, a medical doctor at the
Department of Family Medicine at the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital, Monday, told an Ikeja
Division of the Lagos High Court how a Muslim cleric,
Akeem Ibrahim, shaved the pubic hair of a teenager,
applied concoction on her, and digitally penetrated her
v*gina.
Premium Times reports that Shodipo Olanrewaju, a
gynaecologist and a witness in an ongoing sexual
assault case, said the teenager (names withheld) was
admitted to the hospital and tests conducted on her.
“Findings revealed that she had a shaved pubic hair
which the accused perpetrator shaved and went away
(with),” said Mr. Olanrewaju.
“She also had hyperaemia which is an inflammatory
process, there was redness and pains and those were
keeping in history of digital penetration and these were
contained in the report prepared by the team of doctors
at the Centre due to the sensitivity of the case we
receive dated 14th October, 2014.”
Digital penetration is the act of using one or more
fingers to penetrate the vagina.
Earlier, in her testimony, the teenager, whose specific
age was not mentioned at the court, said she was
approached by Mr. Ibrahim, who lived in her compound,
and told her he saw a vision that he would marry her.
She said the suspect invited her to his house,
undressed her and prepared a concoction which he
applied on all parts of her body and digitally penetrated
her vagina.
“He later asked me to go and warned me not to tell
anyone,” she added.
When the teenager’s medical report was presented
before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya as an exhibit, counsel to
the defendant, Obuagbaka Worer, questioned the
authenticity of the document saying the witness was
not the maker of the document.
Mr. Worer argued that the report must be certified
before it could be tendered.
Responding, Arun Adebayo, the prosecution counsel,
said there was nothing wrong with the medical report.
“The document is in its original form and true which my
learned friend has a copy served,” Mr. Adebayo said.
“The maker of the document, Olaniyi Morenike, is no
longer in the employment of the state government and
has relocated and Section 83 of the Evidence Act
settles this. We therefore urge the court to
discountenance the objection of my learned friend."
In her ruling, Mrs. Ogunsanya said, “I have listened to
the arguments of the two counsels and counsel to the
prosecution sought to tender a medical report as
evidence and counsel to the defendant objected to the
evidence as the witness was not the maker of the
document and since it’s a public document it should be
properly certified.
“I have looked at the document and the document
satisfies the Evidence Act, I therefore admit this
evidence as Exhibit P1.”
The case was later adjourned to April 11, 2017, for
continuation of trial.
