The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has affirmed the judgment of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced a Nollywood
actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor.
The court found Baba Ijesha guilty of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault of a minor between 2013 and 2014, which is contrary to Section 135 of Lagos State Criminal Law 2015. The counsel argued that the prosecution failed to prove that he sexually assaulted the victim, contending that the appellant merely acted a script that he was invited to act.
The court also held that the appellant voluntarily confessed to the crime of the event of April 19, 2021, and did not challenge the statement of PW1 throughout the proceedings. “It is significant to note that the appellant did not challenge PW2 on the evidence she gave. It is in view of all these that I hold that the prosecution established that PW2, the victim of the offence, was a child at the time of the alleged offences in 2021.
“On the event of April 19, 2021, it is my firm belief that the evidence of PW1 does not amount to hearsay. She was an eyewitness. My conclusion is that the evidence presented by the prosecution before the trial court on the offence of indecent treatment of a child, and sexual assault committed by the appellant on April 19, 2021, is compelling and sufficient to justify the appellant’s conviction.
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