A 70 year-old pastor, Alfred Idonije has been arraigned before an Egor Magistrate Court sitting in Benin for allegedly raping a 10 year-old orphan, Hope Kabiru.
The accused said to be a pastor of an undisclosed church, was said to have allegedly had unlawful canal knowledge of Hope on 25th of June, 2012 after luring her into his room by sending her to buy noodles for him.
Narrating her ordeal to the court, the victim said the accused had raped her on three different occasions and threatened to kill her if she reported to anyone.
In her testimony before the court, the major witness, grand mother of the raped victim, Mrs. Mary Akhigbe said Hope who lives with her has neither father nor mother. She told the court that the accused who was their neighbor usually send the girl on errand including that fateful day, adding that in the course of searching for her, she heard some noise from the bedroom of the accused, and when she peeped into the room through the window, she saw the victim being sexually abused by the accused.
Counsel to the accused, Barrister Osa Uwagie, appealed to the court to grant his client who appeared frail, bail to enable him seek medical attention before the adjourned date.
The presiding Magistrate, Taye Omoruyi, granted the accused bail with the bond of N200, 000.00 and a surety who must be a civil servant from grade level 12, to enable him seek medical attention. Further hearing on the matter was adjourned to next week Thursday. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Imagine! a 70 years old pastor! all this pastors sef.
ReplyDeleteThere are pastors and there are pastors. A lot of pastors will go to hell since they didn't do what God asked them to do. Imagine 70yrs old man dat can die at any time. Instead of the foolish man to prepare for eternity he is busy preparing for damnation. He shld repent and still get his prison sentence (10yrs) in jail.
ReplyDeleteWhat is going on!?
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ReplyDeletema God,this world is rotating to an end.What an abomination,so disgusting that a pastor can be found in such an act.Oh God have mercy.
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