Medical Doctor Sentence To Life Imprisonment FOR Raping Wife’s Niece

Justice Rahman Oshodi at the Lagos state sexual offences and domestic violence sitting in Lagos on Tuesday October 24th 2023 found a medical director of optimal cancer care foundation, *Doctor Olufemi Olaleye guilty of raping his wife’s niece.

He was arraigned November 30, 2022 on two count defilement and sexual penetration of a 15 years old minor which he pleaded not guilty.

According to the prosecution the offence committed contravenes *section 137 and 261 of criminal code law of Lagos state 2015

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

Justice Oshodi found him guilty on Tuesday 24th October of defilement and sexual penetration.

The judge held that evidence of the victim and that of the doctor who examined her were consistent.

Justice Oshodi also held that olaleye’s confessional statement and exchange of WhatsApp and email messages with his wife were enough evidence against him.

He also held that the statement and undertaking he wrote and signed alongside his lawyer, Olalekan Buruji, with his NBA seal at Anthony Police Station, showed he raped the victim and forced her to suck his manhood.

The judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.