A 61-year old Pastor, whose married tenant, Godwin Emmanuel, allegedly defiled and impregnated his 16-year old daughter, has narrated to the Court in Lagos State how it all happened.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened between April and July 2021 at Ajangbadi area of Badagry, Lagos, where they reside.
The Pastor, (name withheld), narrated his ordeal before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how his tenant, Emmanuel, defiled and impregnated the daughter.
An embittered Pastor also revealed that after Emmanuel had impregnated his daughter, his wife, who is a nurse, gave drugs to his daughter in order to abort the pregnancy. But the pregnancy remained and she was eventually delivered of a baby girl.
The Lagos State Government had arraigned the tenant Emmanuel, before the Court on a one-count charge of defilement, for which he pleaded not guilty, hence the trial commenced.
The prosecution told the Court that the alleged offence Emmanuel committed contravened the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, which attracts several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.
Having pleaded not guilty, the State counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, invited the Pastor to testify before the Court as witness and he told the Court that Emmanuel was his tenant, whom he knew through an estate agent.
The Pastor stated that he had known Emmanuel for three to four years and that his daughter identified the defendant as the person responsible for her pregnancy since he had been sleeping with her.
“Godwin Emmanuel defiled my daughter and impregnated her at the age of 16 years. I reported the case at Area K Police Command in Badagry, where my daughter confirmed that he had been sleeping with her for a long time.”
“My daughter kept the pregnancy and gave birth to a female child,” he said.
Under cross-examination by defence counsel, Mr. Victor Edet, the Pastor told the Court that he could not recollect the precise date that he reported the case to the Police. He said however, that he later reported the case at the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and at a medical centre when the Police did nothing about his complaint.
“I was convinced that it was the defendant, who impregnated my daughter after Godwin Emmanuel’s wife, a nurse, gave drugs to her to abort the pregnancy.”
The Pastor also told the Court that his daughter told him that during one of the sex romps, the condom he used broke and Godwin Emmanuel continued which may resulted into pregnancy.
He stated that Emmanuel however, told his daughter to shift responsibility to a third person, whom he introduced to her.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, further the matter for continuation of hearing till 11th December, 2023.
How Lady, Lilian Nwarache, 39, Drank Sniper Insecticide Over Frustration
MICHAEL AKINOLA
On a very sad note, a 39-year old lady, Lilian Nwarache, has committed suicide in Lagos State by drinking the deadly Sniper insecticide over frustration.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 3rd November, 2023, at Iwaya area of Lagos State.
The late Lilian was reported to have been suffering from an undisclosed protracted illness and had been seeking cure in a church in Iwaya area to no avail. She became frustrated by her condition because it appeared that there was no solutions in sight to her predicament.
She reportedly decided to terminate her life by drinking a full bottle of Sniper insecticide having earlier tried to jump into a canal after drinking the insecticide but was prevented by passersby and was rushed to a hospital, where a doctor confirmed her dead.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who explained that three passport photographs belonging to the deceased were found in her bag alongside her Samsung mobile phone.
“It was reported on Friday, around 2pm, at the Sabo Police Station, that a woman, 39-year-old, with an unknown address, committed suicide.”
“She had been having a protracted illness and visited a church for prayers.
But while in the frustrating condition, she drank a full bottle of a popular brand of insecticide and was said to have made frantic efforts to jump into the canal.
She was prevented and rushed to the health centre Iwaya, where she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty.”
“Detectives were immediately sent to the scene. Photographs were taken, the insecticide plastic containing little content, her three passports and one Samsung phone were recovered in her small bag.”
Hundeyin disclosed that efforts were in progress to contact her family members, while her corpse had been deposited at the Lagos Mainland Hospital Mortuary for an autopsy.
“Her corpse has been removed and deposited at the Lagos Mainland Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.”
“Efforts are in progress to contact her family members and preliminary investigation is also in progress,” he added.
Meanwhile, her corpse was still in the mortuary and the Police were yet to reach members of her family as at the time of filing this report.