A magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of a white garment church cleric, Olorunfemi Adebowale, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti for raping a 13-year-old girl.
The prosecutor, Olumide Bamigbade, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 16.
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Bamigbade said that Adebowale, a shepherd at Celestial Church of Christ, lured the girl and had intercourse with her several times.
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The Magistrate, Saka Afunso, ordered the remand of the accused pending advice from the DPP and adjourned to October 17.
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