Kwara state police command yesterday paraded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly raping one of his clients.
The victim is a professional nurse, while the suspect is the Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital in Ilorin, the state capital.
An Ilorin Magistrate Court had early in the week remanded the suspect in prison custody.
Parading the suspect, the state police commissioner, Paul Odama said that “on the 5th of May, 2023, one female victim, a nurse by profession reported to the police that she went to Ayodele Hospital at NO. 290, Sawmill Area, Lagos Road, Ilorin for surgery, Dr. Joseph (Ayodele) during the treatment sedated the patient which led her to become unconscious, before the sedation, fearing any mishap, the patient activated her telephone and was placed in a vantage position to record the surgery unknown to the doctor, before the expected surgery.
“She woke up from sleep after the surgery to find herself fully naked, and when viewing the recorded video, she discovered that the said Dr. Ayodele Joseph had unlawful sexual intercourse with her while under sedation.
“Investigation led to the recovery of the video recording of the sexual activity of the said doctor on the victim which was also corroborated by the medical examinations conducted on the victim.
“This same suspect had recently been arraigned in court by the Police for the offences of criminal conspiracy, negligent conduct, causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others, and culpable homicide arising from his unprofessional conduct resulting in the death of one Nneka Akanike ‘F’ in his hospital under questionable circumstances which led to him being charged to court.
“He would be charged to court again for rape after the conclusion of the investigation.”
