A 14-year-old minor that was allegedly defiled by Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, famously known as Baba Ijesha, has testified against him before Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja.
While testifying, the teenager revealed that Baba Ijesha once put his car keys into her private parts and sexually harrassed her, sometime between 2013 and 2014 when she first met him.
It should be recalled that Baba Ijesha is facing a six-count charge of alleged defilement of a minor.
Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Lagos earlier told the court that the minor would be presented by the court as its second witness.
She further appealed to Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo to order members of the public and press to leave the courtroom to protect the minor’s identity and permit only lawyers and court registrars.
While speaking for the minor, the DPP said: “Sometime between 2013 and 2014, the defendant sexually abused the complainant (name withheld), then aged seven, by inserting his car keys into her vagina.
“He also placed her on his laps, touched her in a sexual manner and rubbed his penis on her body.
“On April 19, he indecently treated and sexually assaulted the complainant, now 14 years old, by sucking her fingers and touching her in a sexual manner.
“He also attempted to have sexual intercourse with the complainant by unbuckling his belt and unzipping his trousers after sexually assaulting her.”
Baba Ijesha was charged on six counts of sexual assault by penetration, indecent treatment of a child, and sexual assault, which contravene sections 259, 135, and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, as well as 135, 263, and 262 Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
He has however pleaded not guilty.
The case has been adjourned till August 11 and 12 for the trial’s continuation.
