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A medical practitioner, Alagbe Oyedeji, on Tuesday, explained to a Lagos State Special Offences Court how a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Igboko, allegedly drugged and molested his 12-year-old daughter.
Igboko is standing trial before Justice Sybril Nwaka on the charge of sexual assault by penetration.
Igboko allegedly committed the offence at his residence, No. 35 Akewusola Street in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State.
While being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, A. O. Alagbe, the doctor, who works at the Department of Family Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, said the forensic examination conducted on the victim indicated that the vaginal entrance was hyperemic (showing redness).
Oyedeji, who also consults for the Mirabel Centre, noted that the medical examination showed that the anal opening of the victim was loose.
He said, โThe victimโs ordeal started in 2016 after she and her sibling moved in with their father after their parents had separated.
โThe father came home from work one day and told her that he heard rumours that she was no longer a virgin and that he wanted to examine her by inserting his fingers into her vagina and using his penis to test her virginity.
โHe asked her to undress but she was reluctant. When she refused, he beat her and further subjected her to torture. He, however, became nice later and every night after he returned from work, he would give her soft drink and then she would fall asleep and he would have his way.
โIt was her constant sleeping in school that drew the attention of her teacher, who asked her what happened and she narrated her ordeal to the teacher, who initially didnโt do anything about it.
โThe experience persisted untill she got to a new class and the new teacher asked from the former teacher what had happened to the victim. The new teacher had to take it up and the case was reported at the Ketu Police Station; the father was arrested and the victim was taken to a non-governmental organisation.
โUpon physical examination from head to toe, there were significant findings on her laps; she had multiple linear pattern bruises, which she said she sustained from being beaten with a cane by her father.
โUpon systemic examination of the victimโs vagina, it was discovered that her vagina was hyperemic (showing redness). Her urethra was also reddened.
โI also discovered that her anal opening (anus) was loosened. There were also areas of laceration around the vagina and thighs. The injuries she sustained on her vagina and thighs showed recent and previous forceful penetration.โ
Justice Nwaka adjourned the matter till April 3 for the continuation of trial.
