The Nigerian Police Force, on Wednesday arraigned a 37-year-old fake prophet, Joe Pelle, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a teenager during deliverance session.
The accused, a resident of 11, Prince Bayo Street, Igbogbo in Ikorodu area of Lagos State was arraigned for charge bordering r@pe.
During the proceedings, the prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu informed the court that Pelle committed the offence in November 2016 at Ikorodu.
According to the prosecutor, the victim’s mother had taken the teenager to Pelle’s residence for deliverance, Ogu said, “The accused took the victim to a river, bathed her before taking her to a hotel.
“The accused r@ped the girl and threatened to kill her if she tells anyone of what transpired between them.”
Ogu told the court that after Pelle r@ped the 16-year-old victim, she was taken to the hospital where she was confirmed pregnant.
The prosecution said the offence was contrary to Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
When the charge was read, the 37-year-old accused pleaded not guilty.
Following his not guilty plea, the Chief Magistrate Taiwo Akanni granted Pelle N300,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
The Chief Magistrate ordered the case file duplicated and sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions, DPPs, for legal advice.
Consequently, Akanni adjourned the case to April 5.
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The picture does not tally with the story…Clarify your stories. I don’t know any hotel that will be using mat instead of bed in their rooms..Stop Defaming Celestial Church of Christ .
The Enemiesof this Church shall lick the Dust..
Be you a member or outsider.
Make sure post true stories.
Omo Ijo Mimo, let’s endeavor to be objective in our thinking. Did you ever see the writer stating that the picture has anything to do with the story? What is wrong with our thinking for crying out loud? Why are we this absent minded. This is sheer daftness! Because even the writer didn’t say the prophet is a cele because as we all know, he writes about other denomination too. I think we commenters are the ones really creating issues for the owners of this site. This comment of defamatory now, other people will start to reply you, the owners too fit start to trash your sense of reasoning to be shallow! Common, let’s have a broad mind to issues here.
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Is your name omo ijo mimo, you came here with fake name just to comment rubish, the writter only mention prophet so he only use the picture as an atraction to read the message, check others stories. Which hotel in ikorodu has mounted camera that can produce the pics of what happen so let us support this blog, it will only benefit us, once this people know that they can be seen on facebook then they will stop messing up.
I don’t it a rape both of them must have agree on the way to the hotel
Let’s comment with our brains pls. Did the writer say the photo is about the story? Does that place look like a hotel morons? Fake site, fake readers.
The act was carried out in hotel, the teenage followed him to the hotel, they send time together in the hotel, the teenage didn’t report the matter to her mother ,the process result to pregnancy, she went for deliverance and land in hotel,I think something is wrong between them.observation thought
You should not have used this caption picture if truely the lady was raped in an hotel. I believe you should know better.
They should question d girl very well!!! When they get to the hotel is dat she did nt kn dat she was entering an hotel?? At her age she is matured enough to kn wats is rite and wrong and d hotel management should b also held couz I c kn reason u c an under age entering d hotel without questioning dem
You reporters stop badmouthing celestial church look at the picture very well does that look like celestial church? what other domination are doing it even worse than celestial own anyone that committe a crime let him or her face the judgement not to badmouth the church of God
Even of she is older, I believe that sex without consent, even with your wife is also RAPE
Hmmmmmmmmm, with her age I totally agree with my Barrister.
after deliverance took her to an hotel ? raped her in an hotel ? she didn’t alert the hoteliers ? she left the hotel without an alert ? was she raped or she consented ? how many times did the so called prophet slept with her ? all this questions need an answers.
that girl should be questioned very well if she is not an accompanist, if she didn’t give up herself ?????????
If the girl is 16 years old she is below the agent of consent to sex. So even if she actively took part the man is deemed to have raped her. The evidence of the sexual act is the pregnancy. If indeed the Prophet had carnal knowledge of the girl, he may be deemed to have abused his position of authority as a man of God. As the girl is below the statutory
age of consent any sexual activity with a minor is rape.
Merely looking at the picture doesn’t shows the prophet is from CCC. and if otherwise, then the prophet should be sanction and punish accordingly.