A 40-year-old Pastor, Abraham Akpan, was
arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday over the defilement of a
teenager. Akpan of No. 39, Hassan Ogunmola St., Ijaiye, a suburb of Lagos,
is facing a three-count charge bordering on rape.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, told the
court that Akpan committed the offence between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29 at the his
residence. He told the court that the parents of the 16-year-old girl took
her to the church for deliverance where Akpan allegedly defiled her.
“At the deliverance session, when nobody was
there, the pastor raped the girl severally,” he said. The prosecutor said
the offence contravened Sections 135, 137 and 141 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011.
Akpan, however, pleaded not guilty to the
offence. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, adjourned the case to
Sept. 21 for ruling on the bail application for Akpan.
- Vanguard
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