A 6-year-old girl has told a court how she was allegedly molested by her mother’s boyfriend, Sangosanya Boluwatife, in Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Boluwatife, who is an herbal doctor is standing trial before Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Cour
He was arraigned before the court in September 2020 for defilement, which contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law, C.17 Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 201
The charge read, “Sangosanya Boluwatife, on or about June 6, 2020, at Oreta, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos, in the Ikeja judicial division, defiled one (name withheld) aged six, by having unlawful s3xual intercourse with her
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charg
The prosecution presented two witnesses, who testified against Boluwatif
During the Monday sitting, the prosecuting counsel, A.R Abolade, led the victim through her account of the inciden
She said, “I stay with my grandma, but my mummy usually takes me to stay with the defendan
“On a particular day when we were alone in the defendant’s apartment, there was no electric power and the defendant asked me to pull off my clothes and pants. He said that I would like what he was about to do to me and later, I couldn’t hear what he was saying as he was talking very lo
“He put his hand in my private parts and after a while, he asked me to go and have my bath. I didn’t tell my mummy when she came to pick me up afterwards, but I told my grandma and she informed my mum
The defence counsel, O.A. Lawal, while cross-examining the child, said, “Has anyone ever touched your private parts before and was it painful
The victim answered in the negativ
“That means you enjoyed it,” Lawal adde
Justice Soladoye objected to the question and urged the counsel to be sensitiv
“Did you like what the defendant did or shout while he did it to you?” he querie
The victim again replied in the negative
The judge adjourned further hearing till June 4, 2022e.d.e.d.e.?”.”w.t.t.e.e..”5.t.2fe.d.e.d.e.?”.”w.t.t.e.e..”5.t.urther hearing till June 4, 2022
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