A pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, has been arraigned earlier than an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ courtroom in Lagos State, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old member.
The 45-year-old cleric is dealing with a two-count cost of illegal sexual activity and procuring an abortion.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Kehinde Olatunde narrated to the courtroom that the defendant dedicated the offences in August 2021, at Royal World Embassy Church, Ipaja.
Olatunde alleged that the defendant had sexual activity with the woman within the Church’s retailer, NAN experiences.
He added that he gave the woman a drug to terminate the being pregnant when the defendant came upon.
The sufferer’s mother and father reported the case to the police and the defendant was arrested.
In accordance with the prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 137 and 145(1) of the Legal Regulation of Lagos State, 2015.
In ruling, Chief Justice of the Peace, Mrs F.M. Kayode, who refused to take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that he be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Kayode then adjourned the case to March eight for point out. NAN
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