A 49-year-old man, Friday Arthur, was on Friday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping two under-aged sisters (names withheld) aged 10 and 11.
Mr. Arthur, a Beninoise, who resides at No. 856, Ikota Housing Estate, Lekki, Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement.
The Prosecutor, Victor Eruada, told the court that Mr. Arthur committed the offence between March 28 and April 6 at the Ikota Housing Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
Mr. Eruada, a police sergeant, said the accused was a pastor and had at various occasions, lured the minors into his room and raped them.
He said that the offence violated Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 137 prescribes life imprisonment for anyone convicted of the offence of defiling a child.
The victims and their female guardian were in court.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Linda Balogun, granted the accused N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till May 27 for trial.
(NAN)