Lagos Tell Supreme Court Make E Uphold Doctor Conviction For Pikin Defilement Case

Di Lagos State government don carry matter go Supreme Court make dem uphold di conviction of Dr Olufemi Olaleye, wey dem bin first sentence to life imprisonment by State High Court for defiling him wife 16-year-old niece, but later release am for Court of Appeal. Olaleye, wey be Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, bin dey guilty for Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for October 2023. But on November 29, 2024, di Court of Appeal overturn di verdict, say prosecution evidence get plenty wahala and no balance. As Lagos government no gree, dem don file new appeal for Supreme Court make di top court bring back di first judgment.

For him side, Olaleye through him lawyer Chief J. S. Okutepa (SAN) don file preliminary objection wey he date September 29, 2025, make Supreme Court throway di appeal, say e no get correct ground. But di state government for dia counter-affidavit dated August 18, 2025, tell di court make dem dismiss di objection, call am “misplaced, unfounded and just technical grammar.” Di government stand on four major issues, include whether di age of di victim (PW2) wey nobody argue for trial fit come up again for appeal, and whether di prosecution prove say Olaleye really commit di defilement under Section 137 and sexual assault by penetration under Section 261 of di Lagos Criminal Law 2015 beyond reasonable doubt as law talk.