“So Despicable!” Abike Dabiri Urges Justice Against Baba Ijesha Over Rape Allegations

• She recalled that during her time at the Federal House of Representatives, she had sponsored the violence against person’s law, which stipulates a penalty of not less than 14 years for Olanrewaju’s crime.

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has become the latest high profile individual to weigh in on the ongoing sexual molestation charges hovering over popular Yoruba actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, also known as Baba Ijesha.

EKO HOT BLOG reported earlier how the actor was arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year old girl, a crime which ostensibly took place 7 years ago when she was 7 years old.

On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, The Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti Division, Yaba, had announced that it was set to release the embattled actor since the CCTV footage implicating him in the crime did not contain actionable proof to warrant taking the case to trial.

The police also predicated its verdict on the fact that the alleged incident was not reported until seven years later, the implication being that the statute of limitations had expired.

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Following the announcement, several Nigerians had faulted the law, insisting that Baba’s own admission of the crime was enough to make him face the full consequences of his crime.

Iyabo Ojo, another popular Yoruba actor, who has since led the charge for Baba’s conviction, together with other concerned Nigerians on Thursday, April 29, 2021, charged down the gates of the Panti Police Division in Yaba, threatening to rain fire and brimstone should Baba be released due to any form of legal technicality.

Reacting to the recent development, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who took to her verified Twitter handle, flawed the sentiments echoed by the Yaba Police Division.

She recalled that during her time at the Federal House of Representatives, she had sponsored the violence against person’s law, which stipulates a penalty of not less than 14 years for Olanrewaju’s crime.

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“So despicable! The act by Yoruba actor, Baba Ijesha who defied a girl, at 7 years and later at 14 years!! Who knows how many the paedophile could have damaged if he wasn’t caught. I sponsored the violence against person’s law. The penalty is nothing less than 14 years in prison” Dabiri-Erewa said in a tweet.

She urged well-meaning Nigerians to disregard the actor’s plea for mercy, while also calling on the relevant instruments of justice to ensure that maximum sentence is passed against the actor to serve as a deterrent to would-be criminals.