The Lagos State Police Command , on Wednesday , arraigned a pastor , Nduka Anyanwu , before the state Magistrates ’ Court in Yaba for allegedly defiling and impregnating two sisters .
Anyanwu was alleged to have slept with the sisters , aged 17 and 13 , on several occasions and impregnated them .
The suspect was arraigned on two counts bordering on defilement before Chief Magistrate A . Adedayo .
He pleaded guilty to the charges .
The prosecutor , Roman Unuigbe , told the court that Anyanwu committed the offences sometime in June 2020 at a church complex in the Oshodi area of the state under the pretext of praying for the victims .
PUNCH Metro gathered that the mother of the victims had tried to prevent the police from arresting the defendant on the grounds that he was a man of God.
According to Unuigbe , the offences contravene Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State , 2015 .
Following the defendant ’ s plea , Magistrate Adedayo ordered him to be remanded in custody and adjourned the case till September 15 , 2020 , for presentation of facts and sentencing .
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