Pastor arrested for Raping Minors at School for Orphans

A pastor identified as Rev. Isaac Newton-Wusu has been arrested for allegedly raping minors at a school for orphans in Ogun state.

The septuagenarian cleric who is said to be the Director of Home School was accused of assaulting and raping some pupils of the Stephen Centre International School in Abeokuta.

His victims are said to be between the ages of 12 and 16 years. He reportedly raped one of the victims on four different occasions sometime in 2010 at his office in Abeokuta.

However counsel to the Pastor arrested for raping minors, Samuel Nwaji prayed the court to admit the defendant to bail on liberal terms.

State counsel, Solomon Mareh, who insisted that the cleric was not who the defence counsel described him to be, said he had a penchant for tampering with witnesses.

According to punchng.com, the defendant was granted bail in the sum of N5m with two sureties in like sum, who must show evidence of three years’ tax payment. The defendant was ordered to be remanded in the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos pending when the bail conditions would be perfected, as the case was adjourned the case till April 4 for the hearing of the preliminary objection to the suit.