In a verdict delivered at the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja on Tuesday, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, was sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece.
Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentence after finding him guilty of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl.
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The judge stated that the prosecution had convincingly proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with all the evidence presented to the court corroborating the victim’s account.
Olaleye had been arraigned on two counts related to defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, as charged by the Lagos State Government.
Olaleye had been charged with these offenses, which were alleged to have occurred between March 2020 and November 2021. He was arraigned on November 30, 2022, and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecution presented at least seven witnesses.
However, one was “withdrawn.” The witnesses include the defendant’s wife, who reported the case to the police, the alleged survivor, (name withheld); a child forensic specialist, Bisi Ajayi-Kayode; police inspector Esther Igbineweka; medical examiner Akinbunmi Oyebimpe and Abe Leonard, a police officer.
