Pastor Lands In Court For Raping Epileptic Minor

Ondo State Police Command has dragged a self professed pastor, Peter Alatake of Holy Ghost Mission Church Ehinogbe, Owo, before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Owo for allegedly raping a 16-year-old Secondary School girl in the town.

The victim who was said to have been suffering from epilepsy was raped repeatedly and brutalized by the pastor, during a deliverance session.

CityMirrorNews gathered that the 16 year old victim, names withheld, was put in the care of pastor Alatake last year to get healing from the epilepsy ailment she had been battling with for some time now.

CityMirrorNews reports that that the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adekola Olawoye SAN is prosecuting the case on behalf of the State.

The accused, it was gathered on Wednesday pleaded no guilty to the allegations when the charge was read to him.

The presiding Magistrate, Olubumi Dosumu granted Alatake bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in the like sum.

Dosumu ruled that one of the sureties must be, General Overseer of a reputable church in Owo and while the other must be a director in the civil service