One Emmanuel Orekoya, a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was on Tuesday, February 27, arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for alleged sexual assault and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter.
Recall that in Nov. 2022, a video that went viral purportedly showed the daughter of pastor Orekoya Emanuel of RCCG Wisdom Tabernacle Parish Lawason Lagos, alleging that her biological father had been sleeping with her for over 2 years, with the knowledge of her mother.
The Lagos State Government preferred against the defendant, a two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault. While having sexual intercourse with his daughter, it was alleged that the defendant impregnated her.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 the state’s prosecution counsel, Mrs Abimbola Abolade, informed the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in 2017 at Jacob Adeleye Street, Odoeran, Itire area of the state.
It was learnt that the prosecutor equally told the court that Orekoya sexually assaulted the victim, by inserting his finger inside her vagina and inserting his penis inside her mouth.
Though the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, according to the prosecutor, the offences Orekoya committed contravened Section 137 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015.
Meantime, Justice Soladoye adjourned the case till April 17, 2024, for the commencement of trial.
