Pastor arraigned over defilement of teenager
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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.
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