Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, the former medical director at Optimal Cancer Care Foundation in Lagos, has been remanded in custody in the United Kingdom following his arrest at Gatwick Airport on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
The British citizen, who previously worked in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Darent Valley Hospital (2005-2008), was arrested upon his arrival from Nigeria over allegations of sexual offenses stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred during his medical practice in the UK.
Kent Police, which confirmed his arrest to our correspondent on Tuesday, said three charges of voyeurism were filed against the suspect.
The Police Press Officer, Charles Harman, while responding to enquiries from Saturday PUNCH via email, said, “Kent Police was made aware of a man suspected of offences returning to the UK from Nigeria via Gatwick airport on Thursday, 27 November 2025. Officers attended the terminal and a man was arrested. Francis Olaleye, 57, from Plumstead Common Road, Plumstead, London, was later charged with three counts of voyeurism. He denied all charges at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, November 29, and has been remanded in custody until his next hearing on Friday, December 5.”
Dr. Olaleye, who uses variations of his name including Frank, Femi, and Francis, was formally charged by Kent Police with three counts of voyeurism under the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
The charges specify: “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 sexual 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 sex.
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 The PUNCH showed that while the defendant was in the UK at the time, he allegedly filmed sexual acts with some women.
It was 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.
Olaleye denied all charges when he appeared before the Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, November 29.
On Friday, December 5, the court ordered his remand in custody, citing that the defendant posed a flight risk and could re-offend or abscond.
His next hearing to review the remand order is scheduled for January 2, 2026. The substantive matter is adjourned for hearing on January 21, 2026, at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court.
Dr. Olaleye’s arrest in the UK follows a complex and high-profile legal battle in Lagos State over sexual assault allegations.
He was arraigned on November 30, 2022, before the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on two counts of defilement 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.
His estranged wife, Aderemi Olaleye, testified as the first prosecution witness.
She told the court that the survivor lived with them from November 2019 and confessed in November 2021 that Olaleye had been sexually abusing her.
Aderemi recounted that the abuse began with introducing the girl to pornography, progressing to fingering, oral sex, and penetration, often in areas of the home without CCTV cameras, typically around 2am.
She alleged Olaleye drugged her with substances like junior aspirin and Phenergan on nights he wanted to abuse the niece, and that the family driver once saw the girl vomiting sperm.
Aderemi reported the matter to the police in March 2022 after the survivor confided in a relative.
Medical evidence from the Mirabel Centre showed the girl had bruises and cuts in her private parts.
On October 24, 2023, Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted Olaleye on both counts and sentenced him to life imprisonment, describing him as a “dangerous offender” with no remorse.
However, Olaleye appealed the conviction.
On November 29, 2024, the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal nullified the conviction, discharged, and acquitted him.
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