A 48-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu of the Lord’s Chosen pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters.
Anyanwa was arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday on a two-count charge of defilement.
During the trial, 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 his confession, he had canal knowledge of the two sisters, aged 17 and 13, respectively, (names withheld), on several occasions and impregnated them at the church complex, under the pretext of holding prayer sessions with them.
According to the prosecutor, Unuigbe the offences contravene Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 which attracts life imprisonment.
Following his guilty plea to both charges, the Chief Magistrate Mrs A. Adedayo, remanded the defendant in a custodial center and adjourned the case to Sept. 15, for facts and sentencing.
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