By Eberechi Obinagwam
The Lagos High Court on June 28, heard testimonies in the case of a Pastor Adebayo Adewale, who defiled a nine-year-old Ayomide at Mowo Badagary in Lagos.
At the Special Offenses Court of the Ikeja Judicial Division, the witness, Woman Police Officer Ade Peters told the presiding judge, Justice S. O. Solebo that the defendant wrote his statement by himself when he was brought to the station by the Assistant Educational counsellor of the Baale’s cabinet in Badagry.
She explained that the victim, Ayomide took them to the room where the incident occurred where they further took pictures of the crime scene.
Also, the grandmother of the victim, Taiye told the court that the granddaughter confessed on her own that she was coming from the pastor’s house when her in-law gave her a frog jump punishment
She stated this when she was asked by the court if her granddaughter confessed on her own or was forced to and also the type of punishment she was given.
The case was adjourned to September 17, 2018, for the continuation of hearing.
TheNiche first reported the story of Pastor Adewale who lured nine-year-old Ayomide to his apartment and defiled her.
When the Pastor was asked if he knew Ayomide, he denied it until they brought her and she pointed at him among three others.
When the Baale of Badagry took the Pastor’s phone, the first number he saw on it, which the Pastor saved as Lady B, was that of his wife. When he called the lady, she said the number belongs to her husband. When they asked her if she knew where her husband was, she said the husband is at Ori-Oke (Mountain) for over two years.
Here is the link to the first story