Punch Reports:
A
lecturer at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, Dr
Oluseyi Adu, and a Dental Nursing student, Mosunmola, are embroiled in a row
over who is responsible for the pregnancy that the nursing student is carrying.
Mosunmola,
who is nine months pregnant, alleged that Adu was responsible for the child in
her womb, adding that they had sex in a hotel sometime in August, 2016.
She
said the lecturer beat her up last month when she confronted him at the college
for avoiding her, adding that the case was already at the Ilese Police Station.
However,
while Adu admitted to having sex with the 28-year-old, he insisted that he used
contraceptive, saying the lady seduced him and he gave in to the temptation.
Mosunmola
told our correspondent that she underwent a three-year course at the college,
adding that several lecturers had asked her out before Adu, but she refused.
She
said, “Dr Adu is the Oral Health Coordinator for the college. During my three
years study, he taught me two courses each semester. I have never failed his
course.
“When
I got to second semester, 300 level, he awarded me 38 in one of his courses. I
went to his office in August 2016 to know why I failed the course. I needed to
pass all my courses to be able to go for my board exam.
“He
asked me if I thought I could just come to the school and go like that. He said
if I dated him, he would waive the course. He said he didn’t approach me in 100
level because another lecturer was interested in dating me.
“The
lecturer he mentioned told me in 100 level that it was either I paid him money
or used my body to pass his course. Because I didn’t agree, I failed his course.
I didn’t pass it until I got to 300 level.
“I
told Adu that I would date him, but I didn’t want to have any problem, and he
assured me that there would be no regret.”
The
victim said the lecturer took her to the office of the Head of Department and
after some discussions, it was agreed that she could sit for the board exam.
After
the board exam at POGIL College of Health Technology, Oke-Eri, Ijebu Ode, on
August 21, Adu, who was among those on the panel, was said to have given
Mosunmola some of his practical instruments and a laptop for safekeeping.
However,
Mosunmola said when the school bus arrived to take the students back to the
school, she forgot to give the practical instruments back to the lecturer.
She
said Adu later called and asked her to bring the instruments to a hotel where
he lodged.
“I
was preparing to leave when he called me back that I would be sleeping over
with him.
“I
met him with another lecturer in my department. I observed that the lecturer
also had a female student with him. From the hotel, we went to different
places before we finally lodged in another hotel along Ilese Road. While I was
with Adu in a room, my other classmate passed the night with the second
lecturer in another room.
“We
had three rounds of sex. He didn’t release on time. He used two condoms for the
first two rounds. The third round was, however, flesh-to-flesh. That was when
he ejaculated inside me,” she explained.
She
said the lecturer dropped her off at home and they continued their
relationship, until she stopped seeing her menstruation a few weeks later.
The
Ogun State indigene said she became worried after she started vomiting, adding
that she took a pregnancy test, which was positive.
She
said when Adu heard the news, he reluctantly accepted responsibility, but
allegedly gave her a drug, Eprostol, to abort the pregnancy.
She
said, “I refused to take the drug because the prescription was not from a
medical doctor. He came down to my place to persuade me to take the drug, but I
still refused. He asked me what I wanted and I told him that I needed to change
my accommodation because the pregnancy was a shameful thing for me. He told me
not to worry, that he would handle it. After that, we had sex.
“When
he left that day, I could not find my phone again. By the time I got another
phone and called him, he started acting funny. Sometime, he would just laugh at
me.”
PUNCH
Metro learnt that
several people had attempted to mediate in the situation without any success.
Mosunmola
said attempts by Adu’s HOD, dean, and provost to mediate were rebuffed by the
lecturer.
The
victim said she later approached the Human Rights Office of the Ogun State
Ministry of Justice at Ijebu-Ode, where a lawyer, one Kolade, called the
parties for a meeting.
Adu
was reported to have agreed to pay N5,000 feeding allowance per month, in
addition to paying N7,000 for ante-natal registration.
After
paying the allowance for two months, Adu reportedly stopped.
The
parties reportedly held another meeting in March at the human rights office to
review the agreement.
Conflict
was said to have broken out among the parties when Mosunmola presented a list
of things required for her delivery, which she valued at N50,000.
Adu
was said to have insisted on paying N30,000, which the 28-year-old refused.
“I
didn’t have any accommodation and I couldn’t buy any of the drugs the doctors
prescribed for me. I told him I would only manage the N50,000. He left in
annoyance.
“Since
March, the lawyer didn’t call us back and Adu refused to pay the N5,000 he used
to give me every month. I called the lawyer late March and asked him to help me
get the N30,000, but the lawyer said I should not call him again,” she said.
After
reporting the lecturer to the Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of
Health, where Adu also worked, without any result, Mosunmola said she became
desperate and went to the college on April 13 when she knew Adu would be taking
a class.
She
said while pleading with him for money for her medical expenses, the lecturer
assaulted her.
She
said some people intervened and she reported a case of assault to the police at
the Ilese division, Ijebu Ode.
“I
am now in my 38 weeks and anytime soon, I will have my child. I am an orphan
and I don’t have any of my baby items ready. I am begging Nigerians to come to
my rescue. I know I have made a mistake, but I need a second chance at life. I
don’t have anywhere to go. It is a church that is accommodating me now,” she
said.
When
our correspondent reached out to Adu to appeal to him to raise the N50,000 for
the baby things, he said he had no money and would not borrow because Mosunmola
had turned him to a “cash cow.”
He
said he had already informed his wife about the incident, adding that there was
nothing that could surprise him again as he had lost his credibility over the
incident.
Adu
said, “She was one of my students; but on a personal level, I never knew her
until after they released her final results and she failed some courses,
including mine.
“Her
HOD asked her to come and ask me if I could waive the course for her. She
called me on the phone and came to see me in the office. That was my first
contact with this lady. When she made her request, I met her HOD who said I
should assist her. He said even if I did, she might not sit for the board exam
because of the other courses she failed. So, I passed her.
“When
they sat for the board exam, I was surprised to see her and I asked her HOD why
she wrote the exam when she had other courses she failed. He said people begged
for her.
“After
the board exam, she came to thank me for the assistance and she asked to carry
my bag and the instruments I used to conduct the exam. By the time she was
leaving, I collected my bag from her, but I forgot my instruments with her.
“That
day, I went to hang out with my friend at the pool of a hotel where we lodged.
Suddenly, I remembered my instruments and I called her to keep them well. But
she said she could come to where I was and she came. After dropping the
instruments, she didn’t leave as I expected and I decided not to bother her.
“We
were together at the hotel till evening. One thing led to the other. My
brother, she slept in my room that night and we had (sexual) intercourse. This
was a girl I never dated or had any relationship with.”
He
said by weekend, Mosunmola called him that she was pregnant, adding that she
later said she was only joking about it and wanted to see his reaction.
Adu
said the call made him to stop communicating with Mosunmola and he did not
respond anytime she called, until she sent him a text message saying the
pregnancy had become real.
He
said, “I decided to travel down to Ijebu to see her. She brought out the test
result and said I was responsible. I told her I used a condom and she couldn’t
tell me that my condom burst. She said if I was afraid because I was married, I
should not bother because the pregnancy actually belonged to her boyfriend and
she merely wanted to see my reaction. I warned her and left.
“The
next time she called me, she said how would she take my pregnancy to her boyfriend,
and that I should take responsibility for it. She said she would abort the
pregnancy if I wanted her to, but I must rent a house for her in Ijebu Ode and
then she described the kind of house she wanted.
“When
I heard that, I told her to do her worst, because it was obvious to me that she
just wanted to blackmail me. She had been going round different places, telling
people that I impregnated her. The question I ask is, did I rape her? Did I
hypnotise her? You came to meet me where I was and we had fun, and now
you are pregnant, and you are telling me I am responsible for a pregnancy I am
denying?”
He
said before Mosunmola could reach his wife, he quickly reported himself to her
and begged for her forgiveness.
The
medical practitioner said he reluctantly agreed to pay the N5,000 after much
persuasion by the human rights lawyer, adding that he regretted the agreement
because Mosunmola used it to make more demands on him.
“When
she brought the list for the baby things, I asked her, ‘Why are you making me as
if I am the father of your baby? Am I your husband?
“She
suddenly flared up and said I should even go away that she didn’t want anything
from me again. She cursed me and after that encounter, I decided to stop giving
her anything,” he added.
He
said Mosunmola came to attack him during the lecture. He said she was about
stripping him naked when he forcefully detached himself from her.
Adu
explained that the case of assault against him at the Ilese division had been
thrown out after he told the police the student was the aggressor.
“People
impregnate people and nothing happens. Why is she treating me as if I had done
something criminal?
“The
worst that will happen now is for me to die. I am not a young man; if I die,
people will cry and I will be done.
“But
I also ask myself, what if the pregnancy is mine? My prayer now is for her to
deliver safely and we will determine the paternity of the child,” he said.
The
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he would get
back to our corrrespondent after speaking with the Ilese DPO.
He
had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
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