The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece, News About Nigeria reports.
Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after finding him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl.
The judge, in his ruling, held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and all the evidence before the court corroborated that of the victim.
The doctor was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
The convict was arraigned on November 30, 2022, and he pleaded not guilty to the offences.
In his petition against Olaleye, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins had told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime between February 2020 and November 2021.
According to him, the offence took place at No 17, Layi Ogunbambi close, Maryland, Lagos state.
The state government accused Olaleye of unlawfully having sexual intercourse with his wife’s 15-year-old niece by penetrating her mouth with his penis.
According to the prosecution the offences committed contravened Sections 137 and 261, of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015.
The wife of the convict, Aderemi Olaleye, who testified as a witness told the court that her husband had been sexually abusing her niece during her stay with them.
According to her, he introduced the victim to pornography, oral sex and also released sperm into her mouth.
