A 70 year-old pastor, Alfred Idonije has been arraigned before an Egor
Magistrate Court in Benin for allegedly raping a 10 year-old girl, Hope
Kabiru.
The accused said to be a pastor of an undisclosed church, was
said to have allegedly had unlawful canal knowledge of Hope on 25th of
June, 2012 after luring her into his room by sending her to buy indomie
noodles for him.
Narrating
her ordeal to the court, the victim said the pastor had raped her on
three different occasions and threatened to kill her if she reported to
anyone.
The major witness,grand mother of the raped victim, Mrs. Mary Akhigbe said Hope Kabiru who lives with her is an orphan.
She
told the court that the accused who was their neighbor usually send the
girl on errand including that fateful day, adding that in the course of
searching for her, she heard some noise from the bedroom of the
accused, and when she peeped into the room through the window, she saw
the victim being sexually abused by the pastor.
Counsel to the
accused, Barrister Osa Uwagie, appealed to the court to grant his client
who appeared frail, bail to enable him seek medical attention before
the adjourned date.
The presiding Magistrate, Taye Omoruyi,
granted the accused bail with the bond of N200, 000.00 and a surety who
must be a civil servant from grade level 12, to enable him seek medical
attention. Further hearing on the matter was adjourned to next week
Thursday.
Me i don tire for all dis old cargoes that can't let our young girl be.
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