Lagos, Oct. 24, 2023 – Femi Olaleye, a Lagos based Doctor and Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Centre Foundation, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece.
The judge, Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence in Lagos, found the doctor guilty on Tuesday.
Olaleye was arraigned on 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 November 30, 2022, but he had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
“Femi Olaleye, I have convicted you of defilement and sexual assault by penetration. This charge has a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
Accordingly, I sentenced you to life imprisonment on count one and two. On each count, the sentencing will run concurrently,” the judge pronounced on Tuesday. (GBN)
