Ondo State doctor along with two men, Adebowale Adegboye and Idowu Akinseye, has been remanded to prison for allegedly procuring an abortion and raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld).
Mrs Grace Alphonso, who presides over the Ondo State Magistrate Court in Akure, on Sunday gave the order pending legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution.
Adegboye, the father of the minor, while Akinseye is her stepfather, was said to have had carnal knowledge with the 10-year-old girl at Akure on several occasions, which led to her pregnancy and their apprehension.
Both of them were charged with five counts relating to incest, abortion and indecent assault.
Israel Ojo, the medical doctor who allegedly aborted the 10-year-old girl’s pregnancy, was charged with committing an abortion and is punishable under Section 230 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria.
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The charge read to the victim’s father and doctor read, “That you, Adebowale Adegboye and Israel Oluwafemi Ojo, on the same date, time and place at the aforementioned Magisterial district, did unlawfully procure an abortion for the victim and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 230 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol.1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria.”
Other charges read include, “That you, Adebowale Adegboye ‘m’, on December 15, 2024, at about noon in Akure, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did commit incest by unlawfully having carnal knowledge of your biological daughter (name withheld) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 25 (a) of the Ondo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law 2021.
“That you, Adebowale Adegboye ‘m’ on December 15, 2024, on the same day, time and place in Akure, within the jurisdiction of the honourable court, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of your daughter and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.
Additionally, the court noted, “That you Adegboye Adebowale, Ayoola Ogunkolade and Israel Oluwafemi Ojo, on January 20, 2025, at about noon in Akure within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, did conspire to commit a felony, to wit: procurement of abortion, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.
While reading the charge to the minor’s stepfather, Akinseye, it was noted that in 2019, Akinseye, caressing the victim’s body, inserted his left finger in the victim’s vagina and unlawfully had carnal knowledge with her.
“That you, Idowu Akinseye ‘m’, sometime in the year 2019 at several times at Alade Idanre Magisterial District, did unlawfully and indecently deal with your stepdaughter, aged 10 years, as at the time the offence was committed, by caressing her body and inserting your left finger in her vagina without her consent, after which you unlawfully had carnal knowledge of her and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 222 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”
Meanwhile, the magistrate adjourned the case to May 22, 2025, for further hearing.
