Comedienne Damilola Adekoya aka Princess Comedian, has revealed how fellow comedian Olarenwaju Omiyinka aka Baba Ijesha, was caught sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl in her care.
She made the revelation in videos uploaded to Instagram on Wednesday morning.
According to Princess, Baba Ijesha had confessed four times to the police since he was picked up last week that he abused the girl when she was seven years old and on the day of his arrest.
Princess cried that Baba Ijesha betrayed her trust and years of mentorship by committing the act.
Princess, who took the victim as her daughter, revealed that she does not have a biological child of her own but took in the victim and other children in her home and see them through school. She also narrated the trauma the victim had experienced since she was seven years old.
“We kept praying for the girl to come back to her bubbly self and also perform well in her academics because that was affected too but she deteriorated over the years. At a point, I knew it was more than prayers and I told the girl’s parents,” Princess said.
Breaking down in tears, she labelled those asking to see video evidence of Baba Ijesha assaulting the girl as wicked.
Describing the pain she feels as “too much”, Princess said people’s insensitivity hurts her more.
She was particularly upset at fellow actress and self-confessed rape survivor Foluke Daramola who endorsed a statement by actor Yomi Fabiyi asking for evidence.
Without mentioning Foluke’s name, Princess asked if there was video evidence when she claimed she was raped years ago.
Baba Ijesha’s arrest was made public in a statement released by Lagos police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
The statement reads: “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Olarenwaju James ‘male’ 48, aka Baba Ijesha, popular Nollywood actor for defiling a minor.
“The case of defilement was reported on 19th April, 2021 by one Princess Adekola Adekanya ‘female’ at Sabo Police Station and transferred to the Gender Unit of the State CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos for proper investigation.