An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 54-year-old pastor, Michael Olise, in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defiling 12-year-old twins.
Olise, who is said to be a pastor at Anointing Chosen Vessel, Governor’s Road, Ikotun, Lagos, allegedly committed the offences in November at 2, Okanlawon Street, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos.
According to police prosecutor, Raphael Dony, the defendant, a friend of the twins’ father, is facing a two-count charge of child defilement.
In the first count, he is alleged to have unlawfully defiled the first twin on November 15, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
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In the second count, he was said to have sometime in November unlawfully and sexually assaulted the second twin by fingering her, thereby commiting an offence contrary to Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
Dony told the court that Olise committed the act when the girls’ mother travelled out of the country and their father was at work.
The Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi did not take the defendant’s plea before adjourning the case to January 23.
