RCCG Pastor In Court For Allegedly Raping, Impregnating Daughter
A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, has been arraigned for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17-year-old daughter.
He was arraigned on Tuesday before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.
The defendant is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
The pastor was said to have impregnated his daughter in the process of having sexual intercourse with her.
The state’s prosecution counsel, Mrs Abimbola Abolade, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in 2017 at Jacob Adeleye Street, Odoeran, Itire area of the state.
The prosecutor also told the court that Orekoya sexually assaulted the victim, by inserting his finger inside her vagina and inserting his penis inside her mouth.
According to the prosecutor, the offences Orekoya committed contravened Section 137 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges pressed against him.
Justice Soladoye adjourned the case till April 17, 2024, for the commencement of trial.
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