A 55-year-old pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church and school principal, Mr. Adetunji Obatayo, has been remanded by an Akure Magistrates’ Family Court for allegedly defiling a minor and procuring an abortion.
Obatayo was arraigned on three counts of defilement and unlawfully prescribing drugs to procure an abortion, resulting in the death of an unborn child.
The offences, according to the charge, contravened sections 218, 230 and 328 of the Criminal Laws of Ondo State, 2006
The offences were committed in February 2020 at Epinmi-Akoko, Akoko South-East local government area.
According to the victim, a 14-year-old student, she was placed under the guardian of Pastor Obatayo by her parents when she was 10 years old, and he had been having intercourse with her since then.
“Four years ago, my parents released me to live with a pastor due to his desire to train me. On my first day in his house, he forcefully had sexual intercourse with me and told me not to tell anyone about it.
