Popular actress and comedienne, Ms Damilola Adekoya alias Princess, has narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, allegedly defiled her foster daughter.
According to her, the said daughter, (name withheld), was allegedly defiled while she was watching cartoons.
Princess told the court that she first met Baba Ijesha in 2008, and she had been a friend and a benefactor to him ever since.
She said during his visit, she had left her apartment for approximately seven minutes to see off a visiting relative, leaving Baba Ijesha with her then seven-year-old daughter who was watching cartoons
“My daughter told me about what happened seven-years later. She said on that day, when I saw my guest off, Baba Ijesha asked her if she was enjoying her cartoon, and he now told her to come so she can play with her.
” She said when she got to where he was sitting, he asked her to remove her pant and he, removed his trousers.
” At that point, I asked her which Baba Ijesha? She said it’ is the same Baba Ijesha, Lanre Omiyinka James.
” She said he asked her to sit on him and start wriggling my waist. I continued until something like water splashed all over my body and he told me not to tell my mum, that it is just like play, just like cartoon.
“She said when he heard the gate closed, he told her to stand up and go to the bathroom to clean herself and he then used his face towel to clean up himself,” Princess said.
The witness said that her daughter, however, said she understood what happened to her only a few years after the incident.
“My daughter said when she overheard me, she figured that, that was what had happened to her,” she said.
“He opened the car and told her that that is the nylon, bend down and pick it, and that when she bent down to pick up the fruits, he inserted the car keys into her vagina.
Princess said her daughter said she did not tell her about the second incident because of the state of her health and that she had just undergone surgery.
