By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe A Rivers State family court has sentenced a pastor of a new generation church, Pillar Erekwa to seven years...
By Ifunanya
Obeme-Ndukwe
A Rivers State family court has sentenced a pastor of a new
generation church, Pillar Erekwa to seven years in prison with hard labour, for
defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl in Rundele community, Emohua local
government area of the state.
The presiding Chief Magistrate, Ogeh Elkanah in his judgment
ordered that Pastor Erekwe pay the sum of N500,000 to the family of the teenage
girl for the medical bills during the pregnancy period, upon completion of his
jail term.
DAILY POST reports that the Chief Magistrate, Elkanah during
the proceedings, denied journalists access into the courtroom for coverage of
the judgment.
Pastor Erekwa had during the arraignment, pleaded guilty to
a one-count charge of sexual abuse preferred against him by the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department.
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