A principal and pastor with the Deeper Life Bible Church in Ondo State, Adetunji Obatayo, has been remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old student.
Obatayo, 55, was remanded by the Akure Division of Magistrates’ Family Court in the state, on Wednesday.
The accused, who is a principal of a private school in Oka Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state, was accused of procuring an abortion for the victim.
He was charged with three counts of defilement, unlawfully prescribing drugs to procure abortion and killing an unborn child of the victim in his custody.
Obatayo was said to have committed the offence sometime in February 2020 at Epinmi-Akoko, Akoko South-East local government area.
Police prosecutor, Folashade Adesuyi, informed the court that the defendant molested the victim.
Adesuyi said the offences, according to the charge, contravened Sections 218, 230 and 328 of the Criminal Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
He said that the victim’s confession led to the arrest of the defendant.
