Comedienne Damilola Adekoya alias Princess has taken to Instagram to celebrate the conviction of actor Olanrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha for sexual assault.
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday, July 14 found Baba Ijesha guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
The minor is the foster daughter of Princess.
Baba Ijesha was found guilty of charges 2, 3, 4 and 5 but discharged and acquitted of charges 1 and 6.
Shortly after the court’s verdict, Princess shared a TikTok video of herself on Instagram which she captioned “God is not man”.
In the video, she urges the public with a Yoruba song to celebrate with her as that which wanted to put her to shame has been put to shame.
Princess further says through the lyrics of the song that she knows all that people have said against her but she is grateful that she has been vindicated.
During trial, Baba Ijesha told the court that Princess was his former lover and that his romance with her foster daughter was scripted.
“We were dating, my lord; she always slept in my room. We slept together, I touched her, she touched me, she kissed me and I kissed her,” he said, when led in evidence by defence counsel, Dada Awosika (SAN).
Baba Ijesha said: “Princess told me to kiss and suck the breast of the child, adding that the dress the girl was wearing was purposely for the role the girl wanted to play.
“She would leave the room so that the child would not be shy to play out the role.
“All those things we are seeing in that video is just acting. My lord check my record when it comes to acting, I can kill myself and die for acting. She was the one directing and filming my angles.”
