Lagos State Government on Friday closed its case against the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, charged with defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins, told an Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court that prosecution was ready to close its case after calling six witnesses.
Defence counsel, Mr Babatunde Ogala (SAN), however, informed the court that defence had made a no-case submission.
Justice Ramon Oshodi consequently closed the prosecution’s case and adjourned until March 16 for adoption of written addresses on the no-case submission.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaleye is standing trial on a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.
He, however, pleaded not guilty.
An Investigative Police Officer (IPO), Insp Abe Leonard, had on Jan. 26, gave evidence against the defendant while a forensic expert at the Mirabel Centre, Lagos, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, and one Insp Esther Igbineweka testified against the medical director on Jan. 4.
Mrs Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, a child forensic specialist with the Ceceyara Foundation, on Jan. 3, gave evidence against the defendant.
The alleged victim, on Dec. 21, 2022, reportedly testified against the defendant in a closed hearing in line with the 1999 Constitution and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
NAN also reports that the wife of the defendant, Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, on Dec. 19, 2022, told the court that her husband was diagnosed with sex addiction.
The alleged offences violate Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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