Pastor, 45, is facing a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and procuring an abortion pill for his victim
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old member.
The Chief Magistrate, F.M. Kayode, who did not take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that the pastor be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Kayode then adjourned the case to March 8 for mention.
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The pastor, 45, is facing a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and procuring an abortion.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that the defendant committed the offences in August 2021, at Royal World Embassy Church, Ipaja.
Olatunde alleged that the pastor had sexual intercourse with the girl in the Church’s store, which resulted in the pregnancy.
He said that when the pastor found out, he gave the girl a drug to terminate the pregnancy.
Olatunde said the girl’s parents reported the case to the police and the defendant was arrested.
He said the offences contravened Sections 137 and 145(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
(NAN)
