A 49-year-old pastor, Friday Arthur, has
been charged before an Igbosere
Magistrates'Court in Lagos for the alleged
defiling of two under-aged sisters aged 10
and 11 in Lagos.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Victor Eruada, told the
court that Arthur committed the offence
between March 28 and April 6 at the Ikota
Housing Estate section of Lekki, Lagos.
Sgt. Eruada said the pastor had, at various
times, lured girls into his room and defiled
them… He explained that the offence violated
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos,
2011. Section 137 prescribes life
imprisonment proper convicted of the offence
of defiling a child.
Arthur, who resides at No. 856, Ikota
Housing Estate, Lekki, Lagos, is facing a
demand of defilement. The 2 sisters and their
female guardian were in court.
Surprisingly, once the charges were read to
him, Pastor Arthur pleaded not guilty. The
Magistrate, Mrs Linda Balogun, granted the
pastor N500,000 bail with two sureties and
adjourned the case till May 27.
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