A prosecution witness, Olayemi Hosa, on Wednesday advised the Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Home Violence Court docket how her husband, Olumuyiwa Adjoto, allegedly raped her sister's six-year-old granddaughter at their dwelling in Mowo, Badagry, Lagos in 2022 .
Hosa, a dealer who spoke Yoruba and translated into English, advised Justice Rahman Oshodi that the sufferer had come to spend the Easter holidays at their home when the defendant defiled her.
She testified that the incident occurred on April 19, 2022, when the sufferer got here for a two-week Easter trip.
The suspect is on trial for allegedly defiling the minor, who’s now eight years previous.
The witness led as prime suspect by the Lagos State Prosecutor, Inumidun Solarin, advised the courtroom that earlier than the incident occurred, she had requested the sufferer to go and greet the accused on Wednesday morning when she awoke.
She acknowledged that the sufferer got here to tell her that her husband had given her cash and he or she then requested the sufferer what she had stated to the defendant and he or she replied that she had advised him, “Thanks.”
Hosa, the second prosecution witness, narrated that she left her sister's granddaughter at dwelling together with her husband to go to Idumota market, including that upon arrival she came upon that the lady had been sexually defiled by her husband.
She stated: “On Friday I went to Idumota market round 5am or 6am. By then I might neither wake her (sufferer) nor make every other preparations. So I left her at dwelling. By midday I missed Olumuyiwa's name, however I didn't have a calling card to name again, so I got here again round 5 p.m.
“Once I bought to the gate I seen that the lady was sad and I believed it was as a result of I had left her at dwelling to exit.”
The witness stated the lady was moody and after the household dinner she requested the sufferer to comply with her outdoors so they might get recent air outdoors their house as a result of there was no gentle.
She additional advised the courtroom: 'Once I sat down and put her on my lap, she set free a painful gasp and jumped up. I requested what occurred and he or she stated, “My ass, ass, it's daddy.”
Based on her, she bumped into the home with the kid, put her on the mattress and requested her what daddy was doing together with her.
The minor quoted: “She stated as I used to be writing, 'Daddy put his hand in my ass, buttocks and his penis and I screamed. He requested me to be quiet. He hit me and coated my mouth with a white fabric. When he was performed, he cleaned me up with a white handkerchief and advised me to go play with a pal.'”
The witness advised the courtroom that she took the kid to the Common Hospital in Badagry, the place a health care provider examined her genitals.
She acknowledged that the physician requested the kid questions, and the sufferer insisted that it was the defendant who sexually assaulted her.
Hosa additional acknowledged that the physician requested her to get a police report earlier than she might be given a medical report.
The witness stated when she reported the incident at Badagry police station, officers adopted her to arrest her husband.
She added that when the law enforcement officials arrived on the alleged crime scene, they realized that the suspect was a identified particular person to them.
Hosa then accused the police of attempting to overturn the case, stating that they began shouting at her.
She claimed she searched and referred to as the Mirabel Heart.
The prosecution witness additionally defined: “I referred to as Mirabel, they’ve now despatched a doc through my cellphone to fill out and I’ve then connected that to the physician's report.”
She stated police later took him to courtroom.
“I took her to Mirabel the place a take a look at was carried out on her and Mirabel gave me a letter to the Home and Sexual Violence Unit, and I used to be advised the matter was in courtroom however the DSVA stated they needed to go to my file checked on the Public Prosecution Service and it was found that the file was lacking from the DPP's workplace as a result of the file was empty. I used to be requested if I had copies of the outcomes. I stated sure. So I needed to go dwelling to select it up they usually changed the leads to the file with the copies I had,” she added.
Underneath cross-examination, Hosa claimed that she left the lady together with her husband as a result of it was too early to wake the kid and take her to a close-by home for classes the place she performed together with her friends, though she claimed that she husband had beforehand accused her of stopping him from having a relationship with the kid.
She advised counsel, who questioned why she had left the alleged sufferer together with her husband, whom she had beforehand claimed to have had related experiences with, however she acknowledged that for the reason that lady was a minor, she believed she needs to be husband wouldn't mess together with her.
The witness stated the kid advised her the time of the incident was within the afternoon.
To grasp the witness's proof, the defendant's lawyer additionally requested her, “Do you know that the defendant was absent most of that day and didn’t return till 5 p.m.?”
Hosa persevered, saying: “The lady advised me that they have been collectively and that he was not courting, in order that was what she advised me and that was what the physician confirmed and that’s what I’ve come to inform the courtroom.”
Nevertheless, Justice Oshodi adjourned the matter to March 12, 2024, for continuation of the trial.
