JUST IN: After Wife’s Testimony, Lagos Doctor Gets Life Jail For Defiling Spouse’s Niece

A Domestic and Sexual Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Tuesday, sentenced Dr. Olufemi Olaleye of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Lagos, to life in prison for defilement and sexual penetration of his wife’s niece.

The Lagos Ministry of Justice, through its Directorate of Public Prosecution, had arraigned Olaleye on the 30th of November, 2022, before Justice Ramon Oshodi on a two-count charge of defilement and sexual penetration against a minor.

The ministry had said the doctor had contravened Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

But Olaleye pleaded not guilty.

Subsequently, the defendant’s wife, who initially reported the case to the police, appeared to give testimony against her husband.

The alleged survivour and four others also testified against him.

On Tuesday, Rahman Oshodi declared the doctor guilty of the offenses and sentenced him to life imprisonment in line with the state laws.