Rape: Court Sentences Medical Director To Life Imprisonment

The medical director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, has been found guilty of raping his wife’s niece.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence held that the evidence of the victim and that of the doctor who examined her were consistent.

The judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that all the evidence before the court corroborated that of the 15-year-old victim.

Justice Oshodi sentenced Olaleye to life imprisonment on a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration and also ordered that his name be published in the sex offenders register of Lagos State.

Details later…