A medical doctor, Dr Aniekan Makanjuola, has testified against actor, Olanrewaju James, AKA
"Baba Ijesha, as she revealed that series of test showed that there was a blunt penetration in the vagina of the alleged victim.
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Makanjuola made the revelation on Thursday, while being led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Mr Yusuf Sule, over allegations of defilement at an Ikeja Special Offences Court.
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"Our findings were that there was a blunt penetration of the vagina which was consistent with the client's history," she said.
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Makanjuola, a trained forensic medical examiner, is Head of Clinical Services at Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF).
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"We took her to the consulting room and she gave a history of the events from seven-years ago. She did not mention these incidents to her mother but it began to affect her mood and academic performance.
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"She disclosed what happened to her mother's friend on April 16 who in turn informed her mother. We decided to do an examination.
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"There was a normal external genitalia, we observed a healed laceration on the
labia minora at the 3 0'clock position; we also observed a notch at the 6 0'clock position.
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"Based on these findings, my lord, the client was sent to the laboratory for more tests, they were HIV 1 and 2, Hepatitis A, B, Syphilis and pregnancy and they all came out negative.
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"She was sent for psychological assessment and a report was made, authenticated and sent to the SCID.
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Following the revelations, the prosecution tendered the referral letter and medical report as evidence to the court. They were admitted as evidence and marked as Exhibit J and J1.
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While under cross-examination by defence counsel, Mr Dada Awosika (SAN), Makanjuola revealed that WARIF is a sexual assault referral centre.
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She said that she conducted the medical examination based on the client's history.
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"The healed lacerations connotes is that the lacerations found in the genitalia were not something that was recent my lord,"
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Baba Ijesha is facing a six-count charge bordering on indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration.
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo adjourned the case to November 5 and 12 for continuation of trial.
