By Oluwatosin Maliki
On Tuesday, the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court sitting at Ikeja has found the medical director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye guilty of raping his wife’s niece.
Justice Rahman Oshodi who precided over the case held that the evidences presented to the court by the victim and doctor who examined her were consistent.
He further stated that both Olaleye’s confessional statement and exchange of WhatsApp/email messages with his wife were enough evidence to prove that the doctor committed the crime.
Additionally, Justice Oshodi also maintained that the statement and undertaking he wrote and signed alongside his lawyer, Olalekan Buruji with his NBA seal at Anthony Police Station, equally showed that he raped the victim and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
Also, the judge noted that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond all reasonable doubt and that all the evidence before the court corroborate that of the victim.
Consequently, Oshodi found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old minor. Olufemi Olaleye was sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Recall, Mr Olaleye was charged with a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, offences which he was alleged to have committed between March 2020 and November 2021.
The defendant was arraigned on 30 November 2022, and he pleaded not guilty to the offences.
During the court proceedings, the prosecution council 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 However, one was “withdrawn.”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.