Someone should learn from this...
TWO medical personnel attached to the federal government
owned Irrua Specialist Hospital, Irrua , Edo State have been arraigned
before an Ekpoma Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a 25 year old
girl after allegedly administering her with injection.
The accused persons are Dr. Ndukwe Kalu, a Pharmacist and Eriyo
Omoregie,a medical doctor. They were accused of raping and
assaulting the woman (name Withheld) at Ebhokhuala Quarters of Ekpoma,
Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Police prosecutor, Mr. Nicholas Ogbadu told the court presided over
by Mrs. M. Iluobe that the accused persons conspired among themselves to
rape, raped and assaulted the woman in breach of section 355 of the
criminal code of the defunct Bendel State, also applicable in Edo State.
The plaintiff, while narrating her ordeal before the court alleged
that Dr. Omoregie lured her to his abode at Ebhoakhuala on February 29,
2012 with a promise to help her secure a job at the teaching hospital.
Oblivious of his intention, she told the court that she went to his
house with an application letter as requested by the medical doctor,
whom she had worked for in the past.
She narrated further that in the process of delivering the letter,
Dr.Kalu emerged from one of the rooms in the house and held her hands,
during which Dr. Omoregie injected her, adding that having succeeded in
weakening her, Dr. Kalu allegedly took the advantage and raped her.
She also alleged that she sustain bruises in her face during the
initial struggle, as they tried to cover her mouth to prevent her from
screaming.
She further alleged that when she regained strength and sort to
leave, she was told that her clothes had been soaked in water, adding
that at her insistence, she was eventually given the soaked clothes which she wore out of the place.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty while the trial magistrate
adjourned the case to May 30, 2012 for further hearing on the case.
Source: vanguardngr.com
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