A
randy prophet has been caught and arraigned before a court of law in
Lagos for r*ping and impregnating a teenage girl he was supposed to
deliver from spiritual bondage.
*Photo used for illustrative purpose*
A self-professed prophet has been charged to an Ikeja Chief
Magistrates Court for allegedly r*ping and impregnating a teenager. The
man identified as Joe Pelle, 37, was said to have done the unholy act
while delivering the teenager.
Pelle, who resides at 11, Prince Bayo St., Igbogbo, Ikorodo, Lagos
State, is facing a charge of raping a 16-year-old girl. The prosecutor,
Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the accused committed the
offence in November 2016 at Ikorodu.
Ogu said that the mother of the victim took her to the house of the accused for deliverance.
He said, “The accused took the victim to a river, bathed her before taking her to a hotel.
“The accused raped the girl and threatened to kill her if she tells anyone of what transpired between them.”
Ogu said that, thereafter, the 16-year-old victim felt sick. She
was taken to the hospital from where it discovered that she was
pregnant.
He said the offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
Chief Magistrate Taiwo Akanni granted the accused N300,000 bail
with two sureties in like sum. She ruled that the case file be
duplicated and sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs)
for legal advice. Akanni adjourned the case to April 5 when she hoped to
have received the DPPs’ advice.
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