Just In! Baba Ijesha Gets 16-yr Jail Term For Sexual Assault On Minor

Oyinlola Awonuga
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Just In! Baba Ijesha Gets 16-yr Jail Term For Sexual Assault On Minor

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The Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor.

The actor was also sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by the court.

In a two-hour judgement on Thursday, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault and attempted sexual assault.

Taiwo, however, discharged and acquitted him of counts one and count six, which were sexual assault by penetration and attempted sexual assault by penetration.

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