A 46-year-old Pastor, Olamide Sobowale, of Glory Church of Christ
Aladura, Oke-Itoku, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been ordered to be
remanded in prison for allegedly molesting a woman while bathing in his
church backyard.
Pastor
Sobowale, who was arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in
Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, was accused of molesting one Dupe Makinde,
30, who lives in Isaje, Abeokuta, while taking a spiritual bath
allegedly recommended by the pastor.
The prosecuting counsel, Paul
Etusi, told the court that the accused grabbed the complainant while she
was in a bathroom within the church premises and molested her
.
Etusi
said the complainant had already put the soap on her face as she began
bathing when the pastor suddenly entered the bathroom, grabbed and
molested her with soap on her face.
According to Etusi, the accused
had told Mrs. Makinde that he had a vision about the her and asked her
to come for deliverance in his church.
He said: “He asked the woman
to come to the church to take a spiritual bath for her deliverance,
but, while the complainant was taking her bath, the accused barged into
the bathroom, grabbed the woman and molested her.
“The accused
has committed an offence contrary to section 357 and punishable under
section 358 of criminal code of law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2006.”
Magistrate
A. Araba after listening to the prosecuting counsel, ordered that the
accused be remanded in prison till he gets advice from the Director of
Public Prosecution and adjourned the case till September 16,2013.
Source:
Naijapals.
