A forensic expert, Mrs Anike Ajayi-Kayode, has given details of what the foster daughter of comediene Princess told her about the allegation that comedian Baba Ijesha defiled her.
She said the girl confirmed that she was defiled and she, Ajayi-Kayode, has clinical cause to believe
“My conclusion is that she narrated the whole truth, she was tenacious, she was bold and relaxed,” the expert said.
She, the on Tuesday, narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Nollywood actor, real name Olanrewaju James, allegedly groomed and defiled the minor (name withheld).
Ajayi-Kayode, who is the Executive Director of the Cece Yara Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, told the court that she was a certified child forensic interview specialist.
She was led in evidence by Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
She told the court: “The clinal presentation of child sexual abuse was quite evident. The perpetrator engaged the child in sexual activity when she was seven years old on two occasions.
“On the 19th of April 2021, he sexually harassed her, touching her body. He told her: ‘I touched you some years back, you are so grown, so developed. Do you have a boyfriend? We have some unfinished business.
“These are the clinical presentations of child sexual abuse.
“These are the dynamics of child sexual abuse and the modus operandi of perpetrators – inculcation of secrecy, intimidation, threat or coercion,” she said.
The expert noted that child sexual abuse involved only the victim and the perpetrator, adding that because of his or her vulnerability, a child might not be able to comprehend the magnitude of the offence.
Ajayi-Kayode said that after the interview, she drafted a forensic interview report.
A copy of the report was presented to the court by the prosecution as evidence. It was marked as Exhibit G.
The witness also said that the forensic interview was digitally recorded.
Flash drives containing the digital forensic interview of the minor were also tendered in evidence by the prosecution and were marked Exhibits H and H1.
