
“I woke very late, very dizzy even his
mother noticed and asked me whether I
was feeling alright that morning. I told her I
was okay but when I went to the
bathroom, I discovered I was wet but did
not feel any pain. I asked him but he smiled
and waved it off. I did not disclose to
anybody. I just cleaned up.
“I finished my mensuration five days
before then. I also
wrote my NECO there but left after a week I
finished my exams. I went back to Onitsha,
and on the 27th of July, I came to Lagos to
my sister’s house. There I missed my
period. I told her and she advised that we
should wait for some days, saying it might
be a shift .”
That was the beginning of the story of
Chinelo, a teenage girl who was "drugged",
raped and impregnated by her own cousin,
Onyeka, when she visited her mother's
relative in Anambra State. She went their
for her UME exams and had slept on the
same bed with Onyeka.
Below is an edited version of Chinelo's
story:
Chinelo began to notice symptoms of
pregnancy after a month. “A month later, I
felt sick. My sister and I thought it was
malaria. But what later convinced my sister
was when I started vomitting . Our
neighbour advised we should go to the
hospital. My sister obliged and we went to
General Hospital, Aguda. They even gave
me money for the test.
“It was on Sunday, so the lab personnel did
not come. We returned home and went
back the following day. A test was
conducted and we waited for about 30
minutes. When the result came out, they
wrote ‘malaria not seen and pregnancy
positive’ .
“While waiting, my sister had also taken her
sick daughter to see a doctor. I approached
a woman sitting close to me to explain the
result to me and she looked at me and
asked whose result was it, saying it
indicates pregnancy . When my sister came,
I gave it to her and she asked how come I
became pregnant.
“I told her I didn’t know that I didn’t have a
boyfriend. She took me to their head nurse
who also is a counsellor. She tried to
convince me but I maintained my position
knowing it was the truth. They decided to
take a virginity test on me with the aid of a
machine. The result came out and it was
confirmed that I am still virgin, ” she
narrated.
Then the pressure came. The medical team
and her sister probed further and Chinelo
broke the ice saying: “ I remembered the
incident in my aunty’s house and I asked
whether if someone was wet without
making love could result into pregnancy?
They asked me who was with me and I told
them how I saw myself wet that morning
when I woke up. I further told them how I
drank the juice and slept off. I did not
know what happened again.
The medical team concluded that
pregnancy could occur without a
penetrative intercourse since her virginity
was intact . Chinelo became more confused
with the whole 'drama', but shesuspected
Onyeka must have drugged her with the
juice she was served after dinner.
Chinelo has already gained admission to
study Mass communication at Delta State
University, Abraka, Delta State but she
would have to suspend her quest for
further studies pending the delivery of the
baby sometime in March 2012, all things
being equal .
The overwhelmed teenage girl is currently
taking refuge at the Tamar Rescue
Foundation, Lagos, a non-governmental
organisation that sensitizes young girls on
the menace of sexual abuse and rape.















































