A self acclaimed pastor, Daniel Uba, who allegedly engaged a 19-year old girl in sex while he pretended to be delivering her from evil spirits has been remanded in prison custody.
P.M.EXPRESS reports gathered that the incident happened at Abule Egba area of Lagos, where Pastor Uba reportedly invited the victim and prophesied to her of an impending danger before he subjected her to deliverance prayers.
The 19-year old victim was said to have accepted to be delivered after Uba told her something about her life that looked real, which she believed and became afraid of the supposed impending danger.
While he was conducting the purported deliverance, Uba lost control in the process, pulled the victim’s pant and engaged her in sex.
Thereafter, he threatened her with death if she failed to bring her aunt’s jewelries and hand over to him for his services.
However, the dastardly act got exposed and Pastor Uba was arrested. Having been found culpable after interrogation, the Police charged him before the Ogba Magistrates Court for statutory rape for engaging the victim in sex during deliverance and attempting to steal from her.
When he was arraigned, the Court did not take his plea after the prosecutor, Supol Benson Emerhi, asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP bearing in mind the circumstances under which the defendant committed the offence.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O Sule-Amzat, ordered Pastor Uba to be remanded in prison custody. The Court directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send to the DPP for advice.
However, when Pastor Uba was brought to Court to determine the status of the matter, the DPP’s report was not ready according to the prosecutor. Hence, the Court ordered Uba to be taken back to prison custody and adjourned the matter till 18th May, 2020 for report of the DPP to be available.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Pastor Uba risks several years of imprisonment if the DPP finds him culpable and recommends that he should be tried for the alleged offence and eventually found guilty before the Court.