Lagos doctor, Femi Olaleye, gets life jail for rape of wife’s niece

Lagos doctor, Femi Olaleye, gets life jail for rape of wife’s niece

 

A senior doctor has been jailed for life over rape of his wife’s niece, a lady below the age of consent.

 

The convicted rapist, Femi Olaleye, is the managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation. According to the Lagos government which prosecuted the case, the crime was committed between March 2020 and November 2021.

 

The case against the doctor was watertight with six witnesses testifying against him, including his wife, the survivor, (name withheld); a child forensic specialist, Bisi Ajayi-Kayode; police inspector Esther Igbineweka; medical examiner Akinbunmi Oyebimpe and Abe Leonard, a police officer.

 

 

The judge, Rahman Oshodi, of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos found the doctor guilty on Tuesday and handed him a life in jail.

 

Recall that Doctor Olaleye was arraigned in November 2022 by the Lagos state government on a two-count charge of defilement of a child and sexual assault by penetration.

 

The minor whom the cancer care doctor violated, is a niece to her rapist’s wife and had been living with the family during the duration of the crime.

 

The name of his victim is withheld because doing so would  infringe upon her right as a child who should enjoy protection against stigmatization.

 

The medical doctor, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.