The special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece.
According to the judge Rahman Oshodi, Olaleye was convicted on a two-count charge of defilement of a child and sexual assault by penetration.
The judge ruled that the defendant should serve life imprisonment for count one and the same for count two, adding that the sentencing should run concurrently.
BACKGROUND OF THE STORY
Olaleye was, in November 2022, arraigned by the Lagos state government on a two-count charge of defilement of a child and sexual assault by penetration, where he pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
The cancer care advocate was accused of sexually violating a minor, who was said to be his wife’s niece, for over 20 months.
During the trial, Aderemi, the estranged wife of Olaleye, had told the court that his husband introduced the underage victim to pornography and oral sex.