Rape: Lagos succumbs to pressure, files appeal against Dr. Olaleye’s acquittal

By Lukman Olabiyi

Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision that overturned the conviction of Dr. Femi Olaleye, a medical doctor and managing director of the Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, for the defilement of his wife’s niece.

In October 2023, Olaleye was convicted by the Lagos Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court on two…