BY SCM REPORTER
LONDON – A Nigerian doctor who was sensationally jailed for life for sex crimes in Lagos before being freed on a technicality has been arrested in the UK and charged with new sexual offences.
Dr Femi Olaleye, 58, was dramatically cuffed at Gatwick Airport on November 27 after flying in for a trip.
The disgraced Obstetrician and Gynaecologist was immediately taken to a Kent police station and charged just days later.
He appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, December 5, over allegations of sexual offences said to have been committed while he worked at Darent Valley Hospital under the Dartford Gravesham NHS Trust between January 2005 and September 2008.
The magistrate refused bail and ordered the doc be held in custody until his trial kicks off on January 2, 2026.
Olaleye’s UK woes come just two years after he was slapped with a life sentence in Lagos, Nigeria, for the defilement and sexual abuse of his wife’s niece over an 18-month period.
Lagos Judge Justice Rahman Oshodi sent him down in October 2023 following a gruelling year-long trial, based on “evidence presented by the survivor.”
But a horror twist saw the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, later discharge and acquit Olaleye on devastating “technical grounds.”
Now, activists who fought to see him jailed in Nigeria are hailing the UK arrest as a total vindication of their stance.
In a furious joint press release, Mr. Gbenga Soloki, Executive Director of the Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV), and Mrs. Anthonia Ojenagbon of Tonia Bruised But Not Broken Foundation, praised the Kent Police.
They cheered the Friday arraignment, saying: “The arraignment of Dr Olaleye in the United Kingdom indicates that he has a case to answer.”
The activists also praised Justice Oshodi, despite his judgment being overturned, adding: “Truly, with the likes of Justice Oshodi on the bench, the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.”
They are now urging Nigeria’s Supreme Court to fast-track an appeal filed by the Lagos State Government against Olaleye’s acquittal.
