By Abayomi Elias
The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer care Foundation Dr Olufemi Olaleye who was sentenced to a life imprisonment on the 24th of October 2023 by a sexual offences and domestic violence court in Ikeja for defiling his wife’s niece reported as a minor has faulted the judgement, appealed the lower court judgement on 35 grounds.
Newsconnect reports that Olaleye accused the court of erring on all counts, totalling about 35, and therefore seeks redress from the Appeal Court, demanding to be absolved of claim for the said crime as well be discharged.
Olaleye in his first ground to the court of appeal said the Honourable Lower Court erred in law when in the absence of any direct evidence it held that the alleged victim of the crime was a child of 16 at the time of the offence.
He said the prosecution did not tender any documentary evidence in support of its case that the alleged victim of the crime was 16 years. The evidence in relation to the age of the alleged victim of the crime were all hearsay evidence, which is prohibited in law.
Newsconnect reports that Dr Olaleye’s team of lawyers to the appellate court is led by Dr. Kemi Pinheiro SAN. Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences Court delivered the judgement which sent Dr Olufemi Olaleye to a life imprisonment
Below are the following reliefs Dr Femi Olaleye sought from the court of appeal
i. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court allowing this appeal.
ii. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court setting aside the decision of the Honourable Lower Court contained in the judgment delivered on the 24th day of October, 2023 in Charge No: ID/20289C/2022.
iii. AN ORDER setting aside the conviction of and quashing the sentence against the Appellant by the Honourable Lower Court on the 24th day of October, 2023 in Charge No: ID/20289C/2022.
iv. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court discharging and acquitting the Appellant of the offences spelt out on the face of the information filed in Charge No: ID/20289C/2022.
Below is the detailed notice of appeal and Olaleye’s prayers to the appellate court (In PDF Format)
