Court remands Pastor for defiling two sisters

A 48-year-old Pastor Nduka Anyanwu, who pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters, before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, was remanded in a custodial center.

The Chief Magistrate Mrs A. Adedayo, remanded the defendant in a custodial center and adjourned the case to Sept. 15, for facts and sentencing.

Pastor Anyanwu is facing two count charge of defilement.

The Police Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in June, at Oshodi area of Lagos.

According to him, the defendant had allegedly defiled the sisters at the church complex, under the pretext of holding prayer sessions with them.

He said that the defendant, who is a Pastor, had slept with the two sisters, aged 17 and 13, respectively, (names withheld), on several occasions and impregnated them.

Unuigbe added that the offences contravene Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.