You Are Morally Bankrupt, Court Tells Pastor Who Defiled, Impregnated Biological Sisters

•As Cleric Bags Double Life Imprisonment

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Abiola Soladoye, on Tuesday, sentenced to double life imprisonment a 51-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, for defiling and impregnating two biological sisters in a church complex.

The judge specifically jailed the pastor for impregnating a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old, both of whom have been delivered of babies.

Justice Soladoye held that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses was believable and consistent, just as she described the clergyman as morally bankrupt.

The court, which insisted that the police ought to have charged the parents of the victims/survivors alongside the convict, also described the parents as irresponsible, stating that they encouraged the survivors to get defiled by the defendant.

According to the judge, "On several occasions, one of the survivors went back to the parents to complain about the conduct of the defendant. She was beaten and sent back to the defendant’s home.

“The prosecution has proved the ingredients of the offence against the morally bankrupt defendant.”

Justice Soladoye held that the cleric should have his name written in the state’s Sexual Offenders Register.

The Lagos State Government had posited that Anyanwu committed the offence on August 3, 2020, at Arowojobe Street, Oshodi, Lagos State, adding that the cleric defiled and impregnated the sisters on the pretext of holding prayer sessions with them.

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