Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka (alias Baba Ijesha), on Thursday, June 24, 2021 pleaded not guilty to a six-count charge bordering on indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration before an Ikeja Special Offences Court.
The offences contravene Sections 135, 259, 262, 263 and 262 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Following the plea, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, requested that the defendant should be remanded by the court.
In a bail application supported by a 29-paragraph affidavit, Lead defence counsel, Mr Dada Awosika (SAN), prayed the court to grant the defendant bail in liberal terms.
The bail application was brought pursuant to Section 105(2) and (3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2015, and Sections 35 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo thereafter granted bail in the sum of two million naira and two sureties to Nollywood actor Baba Ijesha. One of the sureties must be a blood relative of the defendant and the other, a lawyer.
