26 Year Old Nigerian Patient Raped & Impregnated by Doctor Narrates her Ordeal

A  doctor has been arrested by authorities for allegedly raping and impregnating a 26-year-old ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of Lagos state.

PUNCH  reports a traditional-medical doctor, simply identified as Biodun who had his health centre, Damola Healthcare, on Agbaje Street, was arrested on Tuesday by the Isokoko Police Division.

It was gathered that the victim, Funmilayo (pseudonym), who hails from Abeokuta, Ogun State, and lives two streets away from the health centre, had in December 2015, gone to the place for treatment of her ulcer.

She was attended to Abiodun’s workers who had prescribed some herbal drugs for her, telling her that she would pay a sum of N18,000 for full treatment of her ailment and she reportedly deposited N10,000. As they commenced treatment, the victim later noticed she was not seeing any improvement in her condition.

In January 2016, she requested to meet with the doctor for further counselling. The doctor was said to have taken over Funmilayo’s treatment from his staff.

Abiodun conducted several tests on the patient, after which he allegedly told her that she had womb infections and she needed to be further examined, asking her to come back in two days time by 9 am.

On the day of her scheduled appointment, the victim got to the hospital around 7 am and waited at the reception. The doctor arrived at about 8 am and then invited the patient to his office and allegedly asked her to undress to have her private parts examined.

It was gathered that Abiodun, however, allegedly raped Funmilayo, and thereafter pleaded on the patient not to disclose the incident to anyone.

A police source told PUNCH that Funmilayo, however, reported the case at the Ayobo Police Division, when she discovered in February 2016, that she was pregnant, and the ‘doctor’ allegedly told her to have an abortion.

She said: ”The ‘doctor’ agreed he had an affair with her, but he insisted that the victim should get rid of the pregnancy. The lady insisted that she would not risk her life to go for an abortion since she was not promiscuous. When the matter got to the Ayobo division, the ‘doctor’ was arrested and made to promise to take care of the lady. But after he was granted bail, the promise was not kept.”

The victim, who bags a National Diploma holder from a polytechnic in Lagos State, described the matter as shocking, adding that she could no longer keep the rape a secret when she found out she was pregnant.

She said: ”On that day, when he arrived, we went into his office. He asked me to lie on the bed as he would insert a rubber tool into my private parts for examination. I did. My legs were far apart. He did that for some minutes, and suddenly I noticed he inserted his private parts.

”I shouted, but the cleaner did not come in. He stopped when he ejaculated. Immediately, he began to apologise that he did not know what came over him. I vowed not to return to the centre. I did not tell anybody because I thought I should just forget about it.

”It was in February that I found out I could not menstruate. I went for a scan, but nothing showed. By March, I went for another scan, and it showed that I was pregnant for six weeks and four days. When I informed him, he suggested abortion, which I rejected. That was how the trouble began.”

The Lagos state Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team coordinator, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, advised female patients to insist on having a female nurse around in the hospital room, whenever their private parts were to be examined by a male doctor.

Lola Vivour said: ”This is a rape by a traditional doctor which has now resulted in pregnancy. We requested that the case be transferred to the Family Support Unit of the Isokoko division from Ayobo division. The Department of Public Prosecutions has also requested the duplicate case file. The DSVRT has referred the victim to the OPD to get legal representation. She is also being given antenatal care at the Mirabel Centre.

”It must be emphasised that women must ensure that a female nurse is in the examination room whenever their private parts are to be examined by a male doctor.If that was done in this case, such sexual assault would not have taken place.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Abiodun’s arrest.

She said: ”The ‘doctor’ has been arrested. The case is still under investigation.”