An Oredo Magistrate Court sitting in Benin,
Monday, remanded a cleric, Pastor Fidelis
Ejoke, 23 for abducting and indecently
assaulting his General Overseer's 13-year-old
daughter.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to
the two-count charge of unlawful and
indecent assault and abduction, an
offence which contravenes Sections 360 and 362 of
the Criminal Code.
Police Prosecutor, Mr. Samuel Ogaht, told the court
presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Peter
Edo-Asemota, that the the minor was the daughter
of the Pastor Ejoke's General Overseer.
Testifying, the 13-year-old junior secondary school
student told the court how the accused started
making love to her in November 2012.
She also explained how the said pastor asked her to
go to her mother's safe to bring money, adding that
she gave the money to him without counting it and
later the pastor confirmed it was N145,000.
The court, however, said the accused should be
remanded in prison while the case was adjourned
to June 23, 2013.
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