A former medical director at the Optimal Cancer Care Foundation in Lagos, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, has been remanded in custody in the United Kingdom over allegations of s3xual offences
He was brought before the Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, which ordered his remand till January 2, 2026.
Saturday Punch gathered that the 57-year-old was arrested at the Gatwick Airport, London, on Thursday, November 27, upon arriving in the UK from Nigeria.
He was immediately taken into custody by the North Kent Police Station for questioning.
Olaleye, a British citizen, worked in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Darent Valley Hospital under the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust from January 2005 to September 2008.
It was around this time that the alleged s3xual incidents involving several women happened.
Kent Police, which confirmed his arrest to Punch correspondent on Tuesday, said three charges of voyeurism were filed against the suspect.
A support officer from the Courts and Tribunals Service Centre, Matt J, while responding to Saturday Punch via email, gave more details of the charges against Olaleye — three counts of voyeurism—recording a private act—punishable under the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
The charges state, “Between 01/05/2004 and 31/07/2007 at Dartford in the county of Kent recorded another person doing a private act with the intention that you would, for the purpose of obtaining s3xual gratification, look at an image of that other person doing the act, knowing that the other person did not consent to your recording the act with that intention.”
Voyeurism, according to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, is the practice of getting pleasure by secretly watching people who are wearing no clothes or having s3x.
In the UK, it is illegal to secretly watch, film, or photograph someone expecting privacy—such as when naked, using the toilet, or having sex—without their consent.
Findings by Punch correspondent showed that while the defendant was in the UK at the time, he allegedly filmed sexual acts with some women.
Saturday Punch gathered that among them was a married woman whose explicit video was seen by her husband, leading to the dissolution of her marriage.
The victim is among the three police witnesses.
Morademu S.O., of the Courts and Tribunals Service Centre, said when the matter came up for hearing on Friday, Olaleye was ordered to be remanded till January 2, 2026 when the remand would be reviewed.
In an email exchange with Saturday Punch, she said the court heard that the defendant could re-offend, posed a flight risk and could abscond.
The matter was adjourned for hearing till January 21 at 10am in Courtroom 01, Maidstone Magistrates’ Court.
Olaleye’s arrest in the UK in November 2025 follows a high-profile s3xual offence case in Lagos.
He was arraigned on November 30, 2022, before the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on two counts of def!lement of a child and sexual assault by penetration involving his wife’s niece.
The allegations spanned March 2020 to November 2021, when the survivor was reported to be 15 to 16.
The Lagos State Government appealed to the Supreme Court on December 27, 2024, seeking to reverse the acquittal and restore the conviction.
But after the appeal court ruling, Olaleye left Nigeria.
Posts on his social media showed he visited different countries, including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Italy and authored four books on his trial, where he claimed to be a survivor.
He also granted press interviews published in many national newspapers, which he posted on his Instagram.
He was going to London when he was arrested at the Gatwick Airport.
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God of justice has visited him in a country where their system works
Asinnnnnn he didn’t knack that innocent girl and went Scott free