Court discharges pastor accused of defiling daughter
Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Sexual Offences and Home Violence Court, Ikeja, Lagos, has discharged a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, accused of defiling his 17-twelve months-venerable daughter.
The accumulate pushed aside the case towards Orekoya for desire of diligent prosecution, retaining that the prosecution failed to be conscious witnesses in court docket to repeat the rate towards him.
The court docket therefore discharged the defendant of the two-depend rate of bordering on defilement and sexual assault by penetration, introduced towards him by the Lagos Remark Executive.
Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution is an infinite waste of time, as there is no such thing as a single inquire of in court docket to testify towards the pastor, no topic 10 adjournments.
“This case is struck out for desire of diligent prosecution. After the arraignment of the defendant on February 26 2024, up to now, making a complete of 10 adjournments, no inquire of has ever intention up earlier than this court docket to testify.
“It's moral that justice delayed is justice denied. The prosecution is at liberty to re-arrest the defendant and bring him to justice at any time when they've assembled their witnesses to prosecute this case,” he talked about.
The sing authorities had alleged Orekoya sexually abused his daughter most ceaselessly in 2017 on Jacob Adeleye Avenue, Odoeran in Itire, Surulere in Lagos, by inserting his penis into her mouth opposite to Sections 137 and 162 of the Criminal Regulations of Lagos Remark (2015).
The pastor, nonetheless, pleaded no longer guilty to the offences.
