In his judgment, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government, had proved the charge against the defendant and the evidence against him was compelling.

Dr Olaleye was arraigned on November 30, 2022, on a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of the minor between December 2019 and July 2022 when she came to live with their family.

The prosecution, led by Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins, had told the court that Olaleye sexually assaulted his wife’s niece for about 19 months until the wife discovered and reported it to the police. The minor is said to be 18 years old now.

At his arraignment, the doctor pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.

The prosecution subsequently called six witnesses in proof of its case against him. The minor, the defendant’s wife, a medical doctor and another child care expert, both of whom examined the minor as well as two police officers involved in the investigations, testified in the trial.

The defendant also testified in his own defence alongside his friend of over 40 years as well as his forensic physician who faulted the medical evidence presented by the prosecution.

Having evaluated all the evidence before him, Justice Oshodi noted that it was “compelling”.

According to the judge, Olaleye’s confessional statement before his former counsel, Mr Olalekan Buruji, and the Divisional Police Officer at the Anthony Police Station, Lagos State, proved that he committed the offences.

The judge held that Olaleye said in the statement that he regretted his act.

The judge also held that Olaleye’s denial of the statement during trial did not hold water.

Justice Oshodi described the medical director as a dangerous offender who did not show any sign of remorse during the trial.

“You acknowledged that you are a sex addict in your confession but came to this court and told lies.

“You showed no remorse, and it shows that you are a dangerous man.

“The survivor, to your knowledge, is a child but you forced her to watch pornography, rub her breasts and put your penis in her mouth.

“You penetrated her repeatedly,’’ Oshodi said.

The court found the defendant guilty of the offence.

In his plea for leniency, counsel to the convict, Adebisi Oridate said: “He is a medical doctor who offers services to people suffering from cancer-related ailments, especially women.

“The state recognises his services and the defendant is a first-time offender. He has lost his business because he has been incarcerated, and, of course, his family.

“He has an aged mother who is dependent solely on him. We pray your lordship to temper justice with mercy.”

In sentencing, Justice Oshodi said, “By the laws of Lagos State, I am compelled to hand you a sentence of life imprisonment on each count of your offence, but your counsel has said that you are a first-time offender and a doctor of cancer patients.

“I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment on both counts one and two.”

The judge also directed that Olaleye should have his name written in the Sexual Offences Register of the Lagos State Government.

During the trial, the convict’s wife, Aderemi Olaleye, had told the court in her testimony that her husband had been sexually abusing her niece during her stay in their house.

Mrs Olaleye said she got to know about the alleged crimes after the survivor confessed to her aunt and the family’s driver that the doctor had been sleeping with her and threatening to kill her if she told anyone.

The mother of two, who is the complainant said on oath, “My lord, on November 27, 2021, my second cousin told my aunty who is my mother’s sister that since March 2020, Femi has been sexually abusing her and introduced her to pornography, from there he graduated to oral sex with her, that he does this in different places in the house where there are no cameras”.

The offences contravene the provision of Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Baba Ijesa was recently caught on tape harassing a minor and was arrested by the police in Lagos state.

Following this, he is expected to face five-count charge bothering on the offences, which according to the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) was based on the DPP’s advice.

The offences are indecent treatment of a child, defilement of a child, attempted sexual assault by penetration, attempted sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault.

Defilement and sexual assault by penetration carry life imprisonment while three other counts attract seven, three and 14 years imprisonment respectively, under sections 135, 137, 261, 262 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Onigbanjo said the Police on April 30, 2021, forwarded the case file of ‘COP v Olanrewaju James’ to the DPP for legal advice.

Adamu, who gave an update on cases of sexual violence reported in parts of the country, disclosed this while speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.

The IGP noted that within five months, the Police have recorded 717 rape incidents, arrested 799 rape suspects.

According to him, 631 cases have been conclusively investigated and charged to court while 52 cases are still under investigation.

Adamu gave the briefing alongside the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

According to the President in his Democracy Day speech to the nations on Friday, he said: “I am particularly upset at recent incidents of rape, especially of very young girls,”

Buhari also revealed that he has directed the police to ensure perpetrators of rape and other sexual violence were arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

The President added, “The Police are pursuing these cases with a view to bringing perpetrators of these heinous crimes to swift justice.

“Nigerian women remain a particular treasure to this nation and for this reason, this administration has continued to give them a place of pride in the affairs of our country.”

Meanwhile, the President assured that his administration is determined to fight gender-based violence through the instrumentality of the law and awareness creation.

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who disclosed this in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday, condemned the prevalent and rising incidence of rape and sexual assault in the country.

Malami said incidents of rape cases in the country have increased dramatically in the last few weeks, resulting in the brutal murder of some victims, to which the development has sparked outrage in Nigeria and abroad.

The minister noted the Federal Ministry of Justice has identified with calls for national response against rape and sexual assault in the country.

Malami said in fulfillment of the Ministry’s mandate and its determination to urgently address this heinous crime, his office “will immediately inaugurate an Inter-Ministerial Gender-Based Violence Management Committee”.

He said: “The committee will include skilled officers drawn from Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Federal Ministry of Health, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, National Human Rights Commission, Nigerian Legal Aid Council, Nigeria Police Force Civil Society Organisations, among others.”

The committee will be charged with proffering a synchronized approach to address all forms of violence against women and children in the country.

The Chairman of the NGF, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this in a statement released to the journalist on Thursday, after the forum’s 10th COVID-19 teleconference meeting held on Wednesday.

The Forum reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that offenders face the full weight of the law.

They also instructed each governor to create sex offenders register in their states.

Governors agreed to, “Declare a State of Emergency on Sexual and Gender-based Violence. Governors strongly condemned all forms of violence against women and children and committed to ensuring that offenders face the maximum weight of the law;

“Call on State Governors that have not already domesticated relevant gender-based protection laws to domesticate the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, the Child Rights Act and the updated Penal Code to increase protection for women and children and ensure speedy investigation and prosecution of perpetrators in addition to creating a sex offenders register in each State to name and shame,” the statement revealed.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, in a statement released, said the suspect was arrested after his 45-year-old wife reported the matter at the Ikotun police station.

It was alleged that the suspect’s incestuous behaviour was discovered by his wife at their Kajola Street, Ikotun residence after she noticed their daughter was being disrespectful towards her father.

The woman was said to have asked her daughter what was wrong and she opened up to her mum that her father has been raping her since she was 11.

The suspect was arrested by detectives from the Family Support Unit. He confessed to committing the crime. After a thorough investigation the suspect was charged to Chief Magistrate Court ll Ogba on five counts of incest, rape, sexual harassment, defilement and sexual assault on May 11.The suspect has been detained, while the court adjourned the case for further hearing until June 15.

Antonio Ulises Perez, 38, a native of El Salvador, was arrested on Sept. 30 for alleged first-degree rape by the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, ICE said in a statement. Officials said the agency asked the sheriff’s department on Tuesday to transfer custody of Perez to deportation officers in the event he was scheduled to be released.

They refused and Perez was released Wednesday morning, according to ICE.

“Within a few hours of being released, this illegal alien was back at the home of the rape victim where he was free to re-victimize her and harm other members of the community,” said Marc Moore, director of ICE’s Dallas field office.

Deportation officers were able to track Perez down and arrested him later that day, Moore said. He remains in custody pending deportation proceedings.

“Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event,” the ICE statement read. “Over the past few months ago [sic], Oklahoma County has routinely failed to honor ICE detainers by releasing criminal aliens back into the local community before ICE has the opportunity to take custody.”

Detainers are often used to ask local law enforcement agencies to hold illegal immigrants for up to 48 hours so immigration officers can take them into custody.

“It is unconscionable that someone who is sworn to uphold the law would find it acceptable to release an alleged rapist who is illegally present in the U.S. back into the community when there are other options available under federal immigration law,” Moore said.

In a statement of its own, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office claimed another agency initially arrested Perez based on a complaint and that he was never formally charged with rape.

Sheriff’s spokesman Mark Meyers said Oklahoma County isn’t a sanctuary county and works with ICE, even providing them space in the jail for their agents.

“That’s ridiculous, and that shows the political drive behind this,” Meyers said of the ICE statement. “Oklahoma County has never been considered a sanctuary city or a county,” he said.

The sheriff’s office said local authorities didn’t have a warrant to justify holding Perez but added that ICE was still contacted.

“ICE had an hour and a half to take the individual into custody but did not send anyone to pick up the individual before his scheduled release, and without any legal authority to hold the individual he was released,” the department said in a news release.

The department advised ICE to staff the jail with an agent “to have someone at the facility 24/7 to transport their detainees.”

In 2009, Kathryn Mayorga, a former model, has claimed that Ronaldo raped her in a Las Vegas hotel. Ronaldo reached a financial settlement with her following the incident but has denied allegations of sexual assault.

According to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, they have decline to prosecute Ronaldo because it “cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt” that a sexual assault occurred.

Prosecutors said “Based upon a review of the information presented at this time, the allegations of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore, no charges will be forthcoming.”

The Limpopo singer who also shared tips on how get consent from a woman, said rape is the only crime the victim becomes the accused.

He wrote “Rape is the only crime the victim becomes the accused. For those of you that find it difficult to get the consent of a woman sexually, here are some tips that may help you. Have a good manner of approach. Make enough money to buy her designers bags like the ones am buying now. Show emotions and affections at all times. Be in her plans and always plan with her. Send her surprise gifts. They also love flowers a lot, and above all send her money without seasoning.

By the time you fulfill the above mentioned obligations she is all yours already. If you can’t cope kindly ijo soapy #Saynotorape love is a beautiful thing”.