Convicted Yoruba Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha, has appealed the five-year jail term handed him at the Lagos Division of the Appeal Court.
He urged the Appeal Court to set aside his conviction by a Lagos State High Court for allegedly s3xually assaulting a minor.
On July 12, 2022, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.) of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and S3xual Offences Court, jailed him five years for allegedly assaulting a minor
Baba Ijesha, through his counsel, Kayode Olabiran on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 told the Appeal Court that his client was set up and that he acted according to a script that he was invited to act on by his colleague.
“The appellant was set up. The appellant is an actor. He acted in a script that he was invited to act by his colleague (PW1), Damilola Adekoya.” But the Director of Public Prosecution, Babajide Martins, urged the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit and also a misconception.
He urged the court to affirm the judgment of the lower court.
