Pastor, 62, bags two years for defiling 10 years old girl

An Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin, on Friday  sentenced a 62-year old pastor, Alfred Idonogie, to two years imprisonment for defiling a 10-year old girl.
Chief Magistrate Taye Omoruyi found Idonogie guilty of the offence after the prosecutor presented five witnesses who testified in proof of the charge.

The prosecution witnesses included the victim’s grandmother, the girl, the investigating police officer and a medical doctor, who established that there was penetration into the little girl’s  private part.
The court said that the accused committed the offence on June 25, 2 013 at  Onaghino Street, medical stores road, Benin City.

The judge said the convict would spend six months in jail if he agreed to pay a fine of N200,000
Counsel to the accused, Mr U. Osa-Uwagie, indicated his interest to contest the judgment on appeal.
The Coordinator, Edo State Child Protection Network, Jennifer Ero, who took up the matter, said the judgment was a victory for the child.
She urged the public to be committed in the fight against child abuse.

Pastor arrested for defiling school girls in Edo

A pastor with the Deeper Life Bible Church, Eze Fidelis, had carnal knowledge of a nine years old and her friend. The Pastor blamed it on the devil.

Eze was arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly defiling two teenagers at the same time.

“I am 47 and have been a pastor for 10 years. The parents were my church members before they left but they were still coming to my house. Joy came with her friend and the devil tempted me. They didn’t cry and I did not do anything reasonable with them. I gave them N50. The parents discovered and confessed after which they forgave me,” he said.

Fidelis, however, denied having sex with the victim recently.

Fidelis was among the 32 suspects paraded for various offences ranging from kidnapping, car snatching, armed robbery, cultism and fraud.

He was alleged to have had carnal knowledge of a nine years old girl at Abudu in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, said it was the victim’s father that noticed that she was not walking fine and upon enquiry said the painful movement was as a result of sexual intercourse with the pastor.

In a chat with journalists, Fidelis blamed the devil for his ordeal, saying he committed the act over a year ago.

He said the victims who are in primary school came to his house during school-break but did not have proper sex with them.

Information from The Nation Newspaper was used in this report.

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