A 48-year old Pastor identified as Michael Adeniran has been arrested in Abeokuta for impregnating a 17- year old girl. The Pastor who heads the El- Bethel Church is facing a charge of sexual abuse has pleaded not guilty to the offence.
The magistrate presiding over his case ordered that he be remanded in Police custody while the case was adjourned to November 30, 2016.
The prosecutor said that the pastor failed to take responsibility of the teenager in the last six months of his impregnating her. The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 32 of the Child Rights Law of Ogun, 2006.