Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- Actor Olanrewaju "Baba Ijesha" James has been released from prison three years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that an Ikeja Special Offences Court convicted and sentenced him to 16 years' imprisonment in July 2022.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo delivered the judgment after a rape trial that lasted for more than 12 months, following his arrest and arraignment in June 2021.

However, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos State Command, Osho Onimisi, confirmed the actor's release when contacted by this newspaper on Saturday morning.

Mr Onimisi stated that Baba Ijesha was released on Friday.

"I just called the person in charge a...