LAGOS – The Police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned a hairdresser, Rose Godwin, for allegedly obtaining N5000 from a Pastor she claimed impregnated her spiritually.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. John Iberedem, told the Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, that the accused is facing two counts bordering on breach of peace and obtaining by false pretences.
Iberedem said that the accused, 42, committed the offences on April 16, at Eseagu Street, Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos.
He said the accused allegedly obtained the sum of N5000 for antenatal from the pastor, under false pretences.
Iberedem said: “The complainant, Pius Ophie, a Pastor, said he met the accused for the first time the day she came for counselling in church.
“The pastor told the police that the accused complained that she was always having dreams of a man having sexual intercourse with her every night.
“The pastor arranged to carry out deliverance for the accused and later told her to come with her relatives.
“But to Ophie’s surprise, the accused came some weeks after the deliverance session and told him that she had a dream about him sleeping with her.
“Godwin claimed the complainant impregnated her spiritually and the accused then started to demand for money to register for antenatal care.
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“The accused obtained the sum of N5000 for antenatal care from the complainant, on the pretext that she will bear a spiritual baby.’’
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 166 and 312 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
But the accused, a resident of No.22, Akerele St., Ajegunle, Lagos, said that she was innocent of the charges levelled against her.
Godwin pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge before Senior Magistrate G.L. Otepo of the Apapa Magistrates’ Court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 312 prescribes that a person found guilty of obtaining by false pretences would be imprisoned for 15 years.
The senior magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum of N 50,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till July 20 for mention. (NAN)
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