The Magistrate,
He, thereafter, adjourned the case till Jan. 28, for further mention.
Earlier, Counsel to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr
Ajide Kehinde, said that two children and four adults, who were reportedly abducted by the pastors, were rescued by the corps.
He said that the defendants, who are pastors at Evidence of Christ Fellowship International Church, Agbo-Oba, Ilorin, kicked against Western education, claiming that it was a sin and that any certificate acquired through it was evil.
Kehinde said that the pastors had been extorting money from international organisations by sending recorded videos of the children, claiming that they were victims of natural disasters and internally-displaced persons.
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An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, remanded two pastors: Olumide Peter and Jasulayomi Adetola, for allegedly brainwashing their congregation to disown their biological parents and burn their certificates.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were charged with criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly, wrongful confinement and putting persons in fear of injury in order to commit extortion.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Dasuki, ordered the defendants to be remanded in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin.
He, thereafter, adjourned the case till January 28, for further mention.
Earlier, Counsel to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Ajide Kehinde, said that two children and four adults, who were reportedly abducted by the pastors, were rescued by the corps.
14-year-old allegedly rapes minor in Kwara
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The Kwara State Family Court, on Friday, remanded a 14-year- old boy, Abdullahi Sherif, for allegedly raping a minor at Iji in Owu-Isin area of the state.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Adigun Adisa, told the court that the victim was defecating at the back of an uncompleted building when Sherif attacked her from behind.
He narrated that the defendant used his fist to hit her and forcefully had canal knowledge of her, NAN reports.
Adisa said that the medical examination conducted at the Model Primary Health Care at Owu revealed that there were bruises and semen, suspected to be that of Sherrif, on the victim’s private part.
Dismissed Police officer allegedly defiles 12-year-old in Ilorin
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The prosecutor, Mr Adisa Adigun, alleged that the defendant sexually molested the girl on two occasions.
Adigun said the case was transferred from Divisional Police Headquarters, Ijagbo, to the state Criminal Investigation Department, on Dec. 2.
He prayed the court to adjourn the case as investigations were still ongoing.
Adigun said the offence contravened Section 32 of the Kwara State Child’s Right Law, 2003.
However, the judge, Shade Lawal ordered that the defendant be kept at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre pending the DPP’s advice.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Jan. 20, for mention, NAN reports.