Fifteen-year-old
Janet (not real name), one of the victims of the virginity test allegedly
conducted on pupils of Ajuwon Senior High School, Ajuwon, Ifo Local Government
Area, Ogun State, spoke with Punch correspondent, Temitayo
Famutimi.
What
happened in your school on December 10, 2012?
Rev.
Olufunke Oladeojobi, our school principal (pictured inset), came to some Senior
Secondary School One classes and announced that she would be conducting
virginity test on us. She marched us with the assistance of some members of
staff into her office and thereafter conducted the test on us.
What
do you think prompted her to conduct the test?
Our principal is a
disciplinarian and she always lament on the assembly ground that she used to
receive reports that we (female pupils) were in the habit of sleeping around
with our classmates and technicians.
Yes,
it was like a form of compulsion because she went after some of us who ran away
after claiming to be virgins and compelled them to take the test. At least I know two of them
like that. The first person who did the test was in that category. She didn’t
do it willingly.
How
many of you did the test?
Ten
of us but initially, she said she was going to conduct the test on all the
pupils who claimed to be virgins but she stopped after she discovered a pupil
who had lost her virginity from the first group comprising 10 pupils.
Where
did the test take place and how many people conducted it?
The
test was carried out in the principal’s office. A bed was placed on the floor
of the office and our principal and two other nurses were there with two other
members of staff. One of the nurses works in our school’s sick bay while the
other nurse was invited.
Who
conducted the test on you?
It
was the resident nurse in our school that conducted the test on me. Our
principal was at the door entrance and she (the principal) ushered me in when
it got to my turn.
How
was the test conducted?
The
resident nurse removed the glove she used for the person before me and wore
another one. She positioned me on the bed, removed my pants, spread my legs and
observed my private parts with her eyes. She then dipped two fingers into my
private parts. The principal was beside her that time and the nurse told her
(principal) that I was a virgin.
What
was your principal’s reaction when the nurse said you are a virgin?
The
principal said I should not mess around with boys and she gave me an Ogun State
Government customised exercise book.
Did
you lose blood after the test?
I
did not lose blood but I heard that some people lost blood. I left the vicinity
of the principal’s office after the test was conducted on me.
Did
she conduct the test on those who were menstruating?
No
she didn’t. They asked them to go whenever they noticed it and gave them
exercise books.
How
did you feel after the test?
I
didn’t understand the gravity of the incident until our senior colleagues in
school started threatening to cause mayhem after the test. I told my mum when I
got home.
What
did the principal do to the person who was discovered to have lost her
virginity?
When
I came back for my bag, I saw the girl who was said to have lost her virginity
kneeling down in her office and I saw the principal talking tough. She wrote
down her name on the black board in her office and announced verbally that she
had been suspended.
The
principal has since been suspended.
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