Court remands medical doctor Femi Olaleye in Ikoyi prison over alleged rape of minor
Justice Ramon Oshodi of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday remanded the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, for alleged defilement of his16 year-old wife’s niece (name withheld).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oshodi ordered that the defendant be remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending the perfection of his bail.
The medical doctor pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of defilement of a child and sexual assault by penetration.
Optimal Cancer Care Foundation is a health facility established by Femi Olaleye, a medical doctor, to provide breast and cervical screening services for women in Lagos.
The foundation has two centres in Surulere and Ikorodu areas of Lagos.
Recently, Olaleye was accused of sexually violating a minor, who was said to be a niece of his wife, for over 20 months.
Remi, the wife of the medical doctor, in an interview in October, corroborated the sexual assault allegations against her husband.
Many Nigerians took to social media to call for the arrest and prosecution of the medical doctor over the alleged rape.
Recently, some videos appeared on social media showing a figure which appears to be like Olaleye in a compromising position with two ladies.
In one of the videos, a figure which appears to be like the medical doctor was seen in an hospital room having sex with a lady, who seems to a patient
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