A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, narrated
how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her
neighbourhood.
Shogunle testified before the Ikeja Domestic Violence and
Sexual Offences Court at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed
Fashola.
Fashola who is being charged for conspiracy and defilement
of a child had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
Led in evidence by the state counsel, Olasunbo
Abiodun-Muniru, Doctor Shogunle, working at the Mirabel Centre (a sexual
assault referral centre), said the minor came to the centre to seek medical
attention on Sept. 28, 2020, a day after she was allegedly defiled.
She said the victim on Sept 27 2020 was sent on an errand by
her father and seven boys in the neighbourhood stopped her.
“They dragged her into an uncompleted building, her mouth
was covered with a handkerchief and they took turns to rape her through
unprotected penile intercourse into her vagina.
”When examined the victim was calm and clinically stable and
had no obvious physical injuries.
“There were, however, significant genital findings. The
labia majora was normal while the labia minora (inner lips of the genital) had
a bruise.
“The natural covering of the vagina, called the hymen, was
absent. There were no significant anal findings.
“The general findings are in keeping with recent blunt force
penetration into her vagina which could have been caused by penile vagina
penetration as declared verbally by the client,” she said.
The doctor, also a certified forensic sexual assault
examiner, testified that she asked the survivor’s father, who accompanied her,
to throw more light on what happened to his daughter.
She also said the minor did not reveal the names of the men
who allegedly defiled her.
When cross-examined by the defence counsel, Mr O.O.
Ogunjimi, the witness revealed that no semen was found when she examined the
survivor.
She said the survivor did not visit the Mirabel Centre on
the day of the incident and did not inform her if she had taken her bath.
According to the prosecution, Fashola and others at large
committed the offence at 8:00pm at an uncompleted building at Oluwashina
Junction, Itire, Lagos State.
“The defendant and his accomplices had unlawful sexual
intercourse with the 13-year-old in the uncompleted building,” she said
Abiodun-Muniru added that the offences contravened Sections
137 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned the case until May 6 for the
continuation of trial.
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