HOW METAL WAS INSERTED INTO MY VAGINA BY I.P.O

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OGUN STATE OF NIGERIA

IN THE SANGO-OTA JUDICIAL DIVISION

HOLDEN AT SANGO-OTA

AFFIDAVIT ON HOW METAL WAS INSERTED INTO MY VAGINA AT AGBARA POLICE STATION, AGBARA, OGUN STATE

I, QUEEN AKINDELENI, Female, Nigerian, Christian, of Anu Oluwa Complex, Jolu Road, Sango-Ota, Ogun State, do make oaths and states as follows:

1. That I was the suspect in the CASE OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE VS. QUEEN AKINDELINI, with CR. NO.921/2009 and CHARGE NO. MAA/23C/2009 by virtue of which I was familiar with the facts of the case, and all that happened in the cause of investigation, detention and release thereafter.

2. That I depose to this Affidavit with consent of my children Charles Ighovoyiwi and Esther Ighovoyiwi

3. That I was a property developer and seller of building materials at Edu Agbara, Ogun State prior to my arrest, detention and injuriously torture sometimes in October, 2009.

4. That the allegation made against me was that I was responsible for the death of Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni whose where about could not be ascertain at the time when the matter was reported at Agbara Police Station, Agbara, Ogun State.

5. I went to Agbara Police Station, Agbara,Ogun State, myself on the 12^th of October 2009 to report the matter after I was threatened by the family of Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni that they will kill me and my Children, Charles Ighovoyiwi and Esther Ighovoyiwi, if I did not tell them the where about of Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni.

6. That after I made the compliant on the threat to my life and the lives of my children, I was not permitted to leave the Police Station, and as my children came one after another to look for me, they were also arrested.

7. That they expected me to make a confessional statement that I killed Mr. Ayo Akindeleni, after his family member, James Akindeleni, came to complain.

8. That the D. P. O. of Agbara Police Station at that material time told the team investigating the case that they should not call the case murder case, but rather missing of Mr. Ayo Akindeleni.

9. That my son Charles was the first person to come and look for me after he came back from school and it was the heavy noise of his cry that made me knew he was around.

10. That Charles later told me and I believe it to be true that it was the back of a gun that was used to hit him at his legs.

11. That I did not know anything about the disappearance of Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni, neither was I responsible for his alleged death.

12. That on a Saturday I was taken to one bush to go and see one skeleton/Carcass they called the carcass of Mr. Ayo Akindeleni.

13. That the next day which was Sunday the team of Police Officers who investigated the case at Agbara Station, excluding DCO 1, whose name I did not know, and the D. P. O., came to station and took me out.

14. That the team of Police Officers who investigated the case at the Police Station ,Agbara, Ogun State, tortured me with cruelty that I must confess that I killed the alleged deceased person.

15. That I can only remember the first names of two out of the team of Police Officers who were involved in this case at Agbara Police Station, Agbara, Ogun State; the first names are Shadrach ( DCO 2) and Raphael.

16. That Shadrach gave me one straight metal with four corners, which looked like window aluminium to carry and tell him whether it was heavy or not.

17. That I told him the metal was heavy and he took it from me and Shadrach started using it to beat me repeatedly on the left side of my body from up to down.

18. That later the three other Police Officers joined him (Shadrach), they beat me with the metals in their hands and led me to the Barrack (the Police residence within the premises), as I was struggling to climb the veranda Shadrach used the metal in his hand to strike me hard at my back, I fell down immediately and could not stand.

19. That as they were doing these I was screaming and wailing with pain that was beyond description.

20. That I was held into a bathroom.

21. That I was asked to remove my under wear (pant).

22. That the team of Police Officers who investigated the case asked a female officer, whose name I could not remember, to insert the metal which Shadrach gave her into my vagina.

23. That the Female Police officer asked me to be screaming as if she has inserted it and I did as she instructed me.

24. That the Female Police officer told them that she had inserted the metal into my vagina but I did not confess.

25. That Shadrach came to the bathroom and took the metal from the female officer and tried to perceive it smell/odour to confirm if it was truly inserted into my vagina.

26. That he (Shadrach) discovered that the metal was not inserted into my vagina, he took it himself and held me with force to the ground, with my legs wide opened and forcefully inserted the metal into my vaginal.

27. That as he (Shadrach) inserted it (the metal) I screamed with the whole of my strength and I felt as if life had gone out of me.

28. That immediately he removed the metal I faintly saw a heavy rush of blood out of my vagina, but was weak and helpless.

29. That I was held and partially carried back to the passage of the Police Station, Agbara where I was laid on the floor.

30. That as I was there on the floor blood continued to flow and I discovered that I eventually fainted, because I woke up and I saw myself soaked with water.

31. That when the D. P. O. of the Police Station saw me, he was surprised and asked whether they tortured me and they responded that they did not torture me.

32. That I was not attended to by anyone and I started smelling.

33. That about four days later a man was invited to examine me and they later brought drugs for me to use.

34. That I discovered that with the drugs I was given the flow of blood reduced.

35. That I discovered that urine was just leaking out of my vagina and I could not control it at all.

36. That my daughter Esther Ighovoyiwi who was twelve (12) year old at the material time was arrested on the same allegation at Agbara Police Station, Agbara, Ogun State by the team of Police Officers who investigated the case.

37. That while Esther Ighovoyiwi was in detention, though only for that day when she came to look for me, at Agbara Police Station, she was severally slapped and inhumanly assaulted, by Shadrach, to the extent that she became sick and had her ears discharged pos uncontrollably under groaning pain.

38. That Esther Ighovoyiwi was eventually released on bail after her arrest and brief detention, which I knew, was unlawful.

39. That my son Charles Ighovoyiwi who was Fourteen years old (14) at the material time was arrested, detained and tortured by the team of Police Officers who investigated the case.

40. That the team of Police Officers that Investigated the case in Agbara Police Station, Agbara beat up Charles Ighovoyiwi, using sticks on him and even threatened to kill him with gun.

41. That Charles Ighovoyiwi spent one month and twenty nine days in detention at Agbara Police Station, Agbara without being charged or convicted of any crime.

42. That Charles Ighovoyiwi told me and I verily believed him that after I was transferred to Nigeria Police Force, State Headquarters,Elewe Eran, Abeokuta, Ogun State he was released by the influence of one man, whose name he did not know.

43. That I was later transferred to Nigeria Police Force, State Headquarter, Elewe Eran, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

44. That the Police Officers who were equally part of the investigating team at the Nigeria Police Force, State Headquarter, Elewe Eran, Abeokuta, knew I was tortured and blood and urine was flowing from my vagina.

45. That the senior officer, whose name I did not know, summoned the team of Police Officers who investigated the case at Agbara Police Station and he asked me to identify the person that inserted metal into my vagina.

46. That I identified the person as Shadrach.

47. That I was not provided with medical attention at Elewe Eran, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abeokuta throughout my stay there.

48. That I was transferred to the Nigerian Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, from the Nigeria Police Force Headquarter, Elewe Eran, Abeokuta on the 1^st day of January, 2010.

49. That I was transferred or took into the Prison Custody, Nigerian Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, with blood stained clothes and I was walking half-bent and I had to lean on someone, sometimes standing objects and walls to support myself.

50. That the staff of the Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State at the material time witnessed my ordeal.

51. That the staff of the Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State at the material time, including the medical personals at the Prison’s Clinic knew that my vagina was releasing urine uncontrollably and I had chronic pains in my back, bones and other parts of my body.

52. That I was given treatment in the Clinic of the Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and I was referred to Federal Medical Centre, but there was no money for my treatment.

53. That I was not taken to any Hospital for treatment outside the Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

54. That I was interviewed by delegates from Citizens’ Right Department, Ministry of Justice, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, while in the custody of Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

55. That I was also interviewed by one Barr. Ashaolu Joshua Olabowale , sometimes in July, 2010, who I identified as a member of the National Youth Service Corps because of the NYSC uniform he wore at the welfare Department, Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Abeokuta.

56. That Barr. Ashaolu Joshua Olabowale told me and I very believed him to be true that he was serving with Ministry of Justice Ogun State as 2010/2011(BATCH A) member.

57. That Barr. Ashaolu Joshua Olabowale told me that he was interested in my case.

58. That on subsequent visit to the Nigeria Prison Service, Ibara, Barr. Ashaolu Joshua Olabowale told me and I verily believe him to be true:

a. That he was handling my case personally, but was supervised by a senior State Counsel at the Citizens Right Department, Ministry of Justice, Ogun State.

b. That he went to the Registry of the Ministry of Justice, Ogun State, requested for the Case File of C. O. P. Vs. Queen Akindeleni and it was found.

c. That in the case file he saw the following:

I. That the title of the Case is Commissioner of Police Vs. Queen Akindeleni;

II. That the CR No. is 921/2009;

III. That the Charge No. is MAA/23C/2009;

IV. That I was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court Agbara;

V. That the officers of the Nigeria Police Force revealed in the Case File are ASP Peter Aremu, DSP. Olufemi Olabode, Inspector Raymond Obigbara, Sgt SDP Olaide Lawal, W/CPL Philomona Imharia, etc. ;

VI. That facts about the detention and subsequent release on bail of my Children were contained in the case file, particularly Esther Ighovoyiwi.

VII. That the main evidence or exhibit revealed in the case file was the carcass/skeleton of a human being that was seen in a bush.

VIII. That there was no proof or investigation on whether the missing man, alleged to have died was actually dead.

IX. That there was no investigation to find out whether the alleged carcass/skeleton was that of a Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni alleged to be killed by me, Mrs. Queen Akindeleni.

X. That no scientific means of identification was adopted to prove that the alleged Carcass/skeleton was that of the man, Mr. Ayodele Akindeleni alleged to be dead.

XI. That the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice, Ogun State, was clear and unambiguous.

XII. That the advice was to the effect that “ Mrs. Queen Akindeleni Could not be linked with the offence alleged ,therefore, should not be charged”

59. That I was released on 2^nd of September,2010 by the Order of the Chief Magistrate Court, Agbara based on the Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice, Ogun State.

60. That I was made to understand that the allegation against me was frivolous, baseless and lacks merit, particularly considering the facts and evidence of the police.

61. That I know that I and my children suffered for what we did not know about.

62. That after my release from the Prison Custody Barr. Ashaolu Joshua Olabowale took me to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, where I was examined at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and I was asked to run several tests.

63. That my Hospital Card number is 80626.

64. That after the medical examinations and tests were carried out, Barr. Ashaolu Joshua applied for my Medical Report.

65. That the Medical Report dated 28^th October, 2010 signed by Dr. D. O. Awonuga was given to him. The said Medical Report of Mrs. Queen Akindeleni is hereby attached and marked as “EXHIBIT A”.

66. That among other health issues, I was confirmed to have Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF), which it main symptom is continuous involuntary discharge of urine, because of the abnormal openings in the internal parts of my genital/vagina caused by the metal the Police Officer inserted into my Vagina.

67. That I was scheduled to undergo further examination which I was preparing for when I lost contact with Barr. Ashaolu Joshua O.

68. That all my efforts to get him proved abortive, because I left the place where I was squatting and I was not using a mobile phone.

69. That I did not hear from him or see him till the end of his stay in Abeokuta.

70. That I went to the Citizen’s Right Department, Ministry of Justice, Abeokuta, Ogun State and I was told to go and treat myself because they cannot take up the matter for me.

71. That I was told by one of the Doctors that examined me that my case requires a major repair surgery and I know it must be very expensive.

72. That I could not go for the final examination and treatment because I had no money.

73. That I called Barr. Ashaolu Joshua O. with my mobile phone on the 10^th of September, 2012 after I saw his mobile phone number in my Holy Bible where I wrote it.

74. That I told him am still living with my situation and it is even worst now, because I ooze foul odour and release urine involuntarily, apparently an effect of a ruptured bladder occasioned by the inhuman torture I suffered in the hands of the Investigating Police Officer at Agbara Police Station, Ogun State.

75. That because I could not afford to treat myself in Abeokuta and to avoid the way I am being openly embarrassed by the way I smell, the way I am rejected and avoided, I relocated to a village in Ogun State, where I now farm to survive.

76. That I who was a business woman before, had taken a long walk from Agbara POLICE DETENTION TO ELEWE ERAN, ABEOKUTA POLICE DETENTION TO NIGERIA PRISON SERVICE CUSTODY TO ABEOKUTA TOWNSHIP AS WONDERER AND NOW IN A VILLAGE IN OGUN STATE LIVING ALONE, APPARENTLY WAITING FOR MY END.

77. That I have been kicked out of the public, I have to withdraw because I am often rejected and avoided.

78. That I have lived with continuous flow of urine from my Vagina and have used cloths among others as sanitary pad to pack my genital/vagina for more than one thousand (1000) days.

79. That the trauma of the barbaric acts still frightens me.

80. That the V. V. F., general body and internal pains and other health issues confirmed in my body after examinations still remain untreated.

81. That I cannot travel a long distance.

82. That this injustice left my children, Charles Ighovoyiwi and Esther Ighovoyiwi with a bitter and dreadful story, which they will live with for the rest of their lives.

83. That Charles Ighovoyiwi, who was a student of Tech 1, Technical College Igbesa, Ogun State missed all school activities for a whole school term.

84. That Esther Ighovoyiwi (age 12) who was a student of Edu Agbara Community Secondary School had to leave school and fend for herself.

85. That now they are drop out and have no hope of going back to school.

86. That Esther had to become a mother when she never wanted.

87. That I wanted nothing in my case, but justice.