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For failing to put a hold on his libido and for violating the the trust reposed in him by his family when he sexually molested and defiled his wife’s 15-year-old niece, a very brilliant and successful medical doctor, Olufemi Olaleye will spend the rest of his life in jail.
In the judgment delivered by Hon. Justice Rahmon Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja on Tuesday, the court held that the 57-year-old medical director and founder of Optical Cancer Care Foundation will serve double life imprisonment for the crime.
Dr. Olaleye had been arraigned over allegations of having unlawful sexual intercourse and sexually assaulting the 15-year-old-minor by penetrating her mouth with his penis.
He reportedly committed the offences between February 2020 and November 2021 on Layi Ogunbambi Close, Maryland, Lagos and the offences contravened Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Justice Rahmon Oshodi had earlier dismissed a “No-Case-Submission application” by the convict for lacking merit and asked him to enter his defence.
Handing down his verdict, Justice Oshodi held that the evidence adduced before the court against the the convict was compelling and proven beyond reasonable doubt.
He stated that the confessional statement of the defendant, which he made before his lawyer, Olalekan Buruji, and the DPO of Anthony Police Station, that he regretted his act, proved that he committed the offences.
The court further held: “You are a dangerous offender and must be ashamed,” he held.
During trial, the convict’s wife, Aderemi Olaleye, told the court that her husband had been sexually abusing her niece during her stay in their house.
Mrs Olaleye, who testified from March 2020 to July 2021, claimed that the convict first introduced pornography and oral sex to the victim and he released sperm into her mouth.
The witness also stated that the girl confessed to a relative and their driver that the doctor had been sleeping with her and threatened to kill her and the witness if she told anyone.
The mother of two, who is the complainant said on oath, “My lord, on November 27, 2021, my second cousin told my aunty who is my mother’s sister that since March 2020 Femi has been sexually abusing her and introduced her to pornography, from there he graduated to oral sex with her, that he does this in different places in the house where there are no cameras.”
Justice Oshodi who held that the prosecution team was able to prove counts one and two of the charge filed against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt added:
“I, therefore, feel satisfied that the prosecutor has established that (a) the prosecutory was a child by section 261 of the Child Rights Law of Lagos state 2015, the defendant had sexual intercourse with her by putting his penis in her vagina, the defendant also forced his penis into her mouth and ejaculated.
“I must conclude that the prosecution has established counts one and two against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt. I, therefore, find the defendant guilty as charged.
“Femi Olaleye, I have convicted you of defilement and sexual assault by penetration. This charge has a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. Accordingly, I sentenced you to life imprisonment on count one and two. On each count, the sentencing will run concurrently,”
