Tag: BABA IJESHA
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Alleged rape: Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha to know fate July 14
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday reserved judgment until July 14 in the case of the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha , accused of defiling a 14-year-old minor. Baba Ijesha is facing a six-count charge of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault…
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Alleged rape: Princess directed me to kiss, suck breast of minor – Baba Ijesha
Nollywood actor, Olarewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, on Friday testified before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that he was acting a script in the viral video with a minor. Baba Ijesha made this revelation while being led in evidence by the defence counsel, Dada Awosika (SAN).
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Just In: CCTV footage of Baba Ijesha tampered with – Expert reveals
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has heard that the content of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recording on popular actor James Olarewaju aka Baba Ijesha may have been tampered with. A defence witness and expert in CCTV installation and maintenance, Engr. Adeleke Lawrence made an allusion to this while being led in…
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Alleged defilement: Baba Ijesha drops plans for no case submission
Baba Ijesha drops plans for no case submission
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Baba Ijesha: Prosecution closes case
The Lagos State government has closed its case against Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, who is facing trial at an Ikeja Special Offences Court over allegations of defilement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Lagos State Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), made this known…
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Court fixes date to rule on Baba Ijesha’s confessional statement
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has fixed Dec. 15 to rule on the admissibility of the confessional statement of Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, who is facing allegations of defilement. Taiwo fixed the date on Thursday after the prosecution and defence teams adopted their written addresses on the trial-within-trial. Recall that during…
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Sexual assault: I was forced to confess – Baba Ijesha tells court
Embattled Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha has alleged that he was forced to sign a confessional statement in the case of sexual assault against him. The actor has been in a legal battle since he was accused of assaulting a 14-year-old minor when she was 7. Baba Ijesha is facing a six-count charge bordering on the…
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Sexual assault’: Witness afraid to testify against Baba Ijesha in court
The prosecution team of the Lagos government says one of the witnesses set to testify against Baba Ijesha, the embattled Yoruba actor, is afraid to do so. TheNewsGuru reports that Baba Ijesha has been in a legal tussle since he was accused of assaulting a 14-year-old minor when she was 7. The actor is facing…
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Baba Ijesha to face fresh defilement charge — Police
An officer of the Nigerian Police Force, SP Wahab Kareem, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that embattled Nollywood actor Olarenwaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha is facing another allegation of child defilement. The police employee attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, Lagos, stated that another young lady has come…
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Doctor briefs court on how Baba Ijesha allegedly defiled minor
A medical doctor, Aniekan Makanjuola, on Thursday, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a minor (name withheld) was allegedly defiled by Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha. Makanjuola made the revelation while being led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Mr Yusuf Sule, during the trial of the actor over allegations of defilement.…