A Nigerian judge, Charles Omole, took to his Twitter handle today to give his analysis on the Busola Dakolo/Biodun Fatoyinbo rape scandal, Igbere TV reports.

According to Omole, Fatoyinbo will most likely not be convicted because the Dakolos have no substantial evidence against him.


Read what he wrote below;

“ON DAKOLO v FATOYINBO - A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

I once had a Domestic Violence case in which wife alleged the husband punched her with boxing gloves during a fight. She presented pictures of her battered face in court. But the Husband denied beating her & that she must have been beaten by someone else or fallen & trying to incriminate him. There is no history of DV prior to this.


I believed d wife, but needed the Crown to give me the evidence to convict. The Prosecution failed. The boxing gloves recovered from the house was misplaced by the police & No witnesses presented. So I had to let the husband go. Cases are about evidence and not morality or feral outrage.


This leads to me to the Dakolo case in Nigeria. It is possible to do the right thing in the wrong way. Both sides of the polarised Dakolo v Fatoyinbo sagaare being blinded by their biases. It is the duty of the Police to investigate Both sides of any allegations.


First, headline today says “Police Storm Dakolo residence”. Then the story said there were 3 officers. Can that really be said to be “Storming”? With the headline, I was expecting to read at least a dozen officers were there. Needless sensation does not build legal culpability.


Secondly; folks said Fatoyinbo has not been questioned on Dokolo’s allegations. How do you know that? He could have chosen to be quiet about his own questioning.


He could have chosen not to publicise his own visit to the police. If the Dakolo’s have not raised alarm on SM, they too could have been questioned without anyone being aware.


Clearly police could simply have invited them for questioning. Those who allege a crime as serious as Rape need to be treated with more respect & sensitivity.


A source told me that the Investigation team had actually taken Fatoyinbo’s side of the story & needed to take Dakolo’s too. And because the team are in Abuja, they felt the Dakolo’s should be interviewed by same team But the police team could easily have visited lagos to interview the Dakolos. Trying to ship them to Abuja was unnecessary and insensitive.



Moral outrage is one thing; Legal culpability is another matter. If Mrs Dakolo has said the alleged sex was consensual; police will not be involved in this case; although the moral outrage will still persist because a Pastor is involved. So we need to understand that these are different standards. Allowing moral outrage to shape legal and victimology investigations is unwise.


The Police need to be careful & even-handed in this case. But they also cannot also be prevented from doing their job by a moral mob who have concluded guilt without evidential analysis. Global evidence shows that if there are 10 allegations of historical nature against a person; usually 3 will be false, 3 will be True and 4 will be exaggerated. An accused may be Innocent of a particular allegation; but could be guilty of others.


In the UK, a man is currently being prosecuted for making many false historical sexual abuse allegations against many people


But some of the people he made allegation against have also been convicted of other charges based on allegations of other victims. So a person may be Innocent of a particular allegation but guilty of other similar crimes. Things are more nuanced that many appreciate.


Morality must not be confused with legality. I have had to let go accused that I suspected were guilty because prosecution could not provide adequate evidence that is “beyond reasonable doubt”. The criminal evidential standard is very high indeed. So gut instincts is not evidence


Historical crime allegations are notoriously difficult to prosecute even in d West. Only 15% of them makes it to courts & out of that successful prosecution rate is less than 10%. Folks need to know that prosecuting old allegations without forensic evidence or witnesses is hard

In such cases, d focus will be on the Credibility of both parties as it is one person’s word against the other. So any holes or genuine mistakes in details given by the alleged victim will be magnified and used to destroy her credibility. This is not an unusual tactic all over the world.


In the West; cases of historical sexual crimes get withdrawn all the time if the alleged victim is found to have got her facts wrong, lied or exaggerated any fact.


So details do matter. From what I have gathered so far; unless Fatoyinbo admits guilt; I do not see how he can be criminally convicted of raping Mrs Dakolo almost 2decades ago. The evidence is just not there. Oral Evidence of siblings and family members is discounted heavily in court because they are seen as biased. They are perceived as usually lacking objectivity.


So I can safely predict that there will be no criminal conviction in this case, unless accused admit guilt. If all we are dealing with is just moral outrage, then I can understand the use of SM. But if criminal culpability is what is being sought; a SM war is the wrong way to go


For those who support Dakolos; u need to be honest that legal conviction is highly unlikely & this is not about police corruption. The rule of law states a person is considered legally Innocent if there is no conviction. We cannot keep calling someone guilty without a conviction


In the end, legal proceedings are not so much about Truth; but about what can be proven in court. No evidence means no conviction. It is that simple. Most of those who claim they want justice for Mrs Dakolo are actually going about it the wrong way and harming her case with their biased & sensationalised outburst. I will go about it differently if I were them. If needed, I will use the Al-Capone doctrine to get justice for her. But that requires level headedness, patience and forensic attention to detail many don’t seem to have.


For those supporting Fatoyinbo; criminally, there is very little to be concerned about. The evidence is just not available to required standards. The moral outrage is however a different story. Again if I were them; i will not employ attacking those make allegations as a tactic.


It doesn’t work. I will rather use a Multi-level Infusion Technique (MIT) to lower the media temperature and direct the focus of citizens. In the end; my analysis has only been about the Legal aspects of this saga and not the moral or religious angle.


I will allow others to deal with those aspects. In war, ur objective MUST be clear. Trying to fight on all fronts is unwise. So we must choose our battles & focus our resources. Just as with our politics; we must avoid emotion & follow the evidence. In the end; may the truth win”

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/832727/rape-fatoyinbo-will-not-be-convicted-because-busola-has-no-evidence-nigerian-judge/

OK

This would be a disgrace to d people who pay to the GoFundMe page created by Timi Dakolo and his wife. Would they ask for refund or what.
Shout out to all the Yeyebrities in Nigeria and the Idiots we have on Nairaland, wey insult and condemn Fatoyinbo without SUBSTANTIAL evidence, una all dey craze.
And the last shout out to Timi and wife, it's not easy to come up with a new way to scam ourselves. I Hail oo.

When all of this dies down.
Biodun Fatoyinbo should consider closing down his church and starting a fashion empire.

Then he won't be morally obliged to be sexually monogamous.

All I know be say....A pvssy f^cked CAN NEVER and I repeat CAN NEVER be Unf^cked!!!

Hmm

You dont have to be a rocket scientist to know fatoyinbo is guilty. Nigerian pastors we all know are crooks and criminals.
But on the flip side, busola is just clutching at straws since she cant provide any sort of evidence of the rape.

Why should a case Biodun filed in a Lagos court be taken to Abuja. Are there not forensic experts in Lagos for a simple issue of rape? How could a rape victim be told to be coming to Abuja to give evidence? The sad side of this is that girls will now be scared of shaming their abusers.

Oga Legal, we must see the end of it all. All I know is, one person must go to jail. I thought this Timi guy is a smart dude.

Let those cheering Timi up continue. With time, he will look back and see how stvpid he has been.

Yard people, Justice is not won on social media.


Edited: I just watched Timi's press conference and he said the policemen who came to his house to drop the invite letter were armed, and for that they were there to abduct him and his wife.

Can you imagine? Police no dey carry gun again? :

He get Instagram evidence o

He may not be convicted... but we would have achieved one singular goal.

Every singular crime committed in the dark will definitely see the light of the day.

Some

Day

Week

Month

Or year (s) in the future.

Irrespective of who you are, who you know or what you do.

You don't have to be a legal practitioner to know he will walk free. Zero evidence to back up their claim. All the Dakolo's are trying to do is create a public outcry and then see if another of his victim with evidence will collaborate with them

Please can someone tell how can I write a chorus for a song,am stuck

Still on this matter

No bias

COZA: A Case The Dakolo's And All Their Supporters Should Learn From
Read - https://www.nairaland.com/5314255/coza-case-dakolos-all-supporters

Lol. Fucck off, everybody I'm tired
All the celebrities in Nigeria except Wizkid are fools

For this saga, na Timi Dakolo be the loser.

Even in advanced countries it is difficult to prove a rape case that happened 19 years ago talk less of our dear country.....

Chrisrare:
You dont have to be a rocket scientist to know fatoyinbo is guilty. Nigerian pastors we all know are crooks and criminals.
But on the flip side, busola is just clutching at straws since she cant provide any sort of evidence of the rape.

She had to let people know Biodun is a Wolf. I don't think she believed she'll get a conviction.

OK

Last last Timi don disgrace his entire family... Brother wey mumu!

Bobby4090:
Why should a case Biodun filed in a Lagos court be taken to Abuja. Are there not forensic experts in Lagos for a simple issue of rape? How could a rape victim be told to be coming to Abuja to give evidence? The sad side of this is that girls will now be scared of shaming their abusers.

The Dakolos are now the accused because they were sued for defamation.
and how do you know the case wasn't flied in Abuja and not Lagos as you said.

REASON WITHOUT SENTIMENT.

I love the way he dissected the issue. The way this matter is going, Pastor Biodun will sue them effectively.

All the money some idiots contributed to the Dakolos will be wasted. Busola and Timi really messed up big time. Why couldn't they use the tactic of that OAU lady?

A simple audio recording would have been necessary before going to social media. All she needed to do was to go to his office with a hidden recorder and bring up the rape topic to the pastor.

Timi Dakolo na mumu. I repeat; Timi Dakolo na mumu.
**hisses with anus**

"The boxing gloves recovered from the house was misplaced by the police "

Fear police

Exactly my point. I am not a fan of Pastor Fatoyinbo, but criminal cases are expected to be proved beyond all reasonable doubts before a conviction can be achieved. This the Dakolos can not achieve.

Chrisrare:
[s]You dont have to be a rocket scientist to know fatoyinbo is guilty. Nigerian pastors we all know are crooks and criminals.
But on the flip side, busola is just clutching at straws since she cant provide any sort of evidence of the rape[/s].

Brainsless comment, this nonsense wey u talks no fits stands for d courts of laws

I don’t think this case is only about busola’s incident. Busola case is just the starter of perhaps sm more cases. That’s the major problem here.

A one time rapist may not be convicted if lucky bt a serial one can very well be.