Court Remands Bishop Over Alleged Sex With Sickle Cell Lady To Cure Her

A magistrate tribunal sitting successful Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has remanded a fashionable bishop, Samuel Onyeagoziri Ndubueze, successful Abakaliki correctional installation for allegedly having carnal cognition of a 22-year-old pistillate religion member.

Ndubueze, who is the wide overseer of Champions of Truth Cathedral, was accused by the lady, Euphemia Ede, of having enactment with her for 7 days to alteration her SS genotype and cure her of sickle compartment disease.

The bishop who was arrested by the constabulary pursuing the allegation has been successful custody astatine the authorities constabulary headquarters, Abakaliki, for 4 weeks.

He was arraigned yesterday earlier a magistrate tribunal connected a four-count complaint involving threats to life, falsehood, fraudulent enactment and the circulation of pornographic photos of the lady.

The prosecutor, Catherine Ajibo, told the tribunal that the suspect had, sometime successful 2021 astatine Mile 50 Layout, Abakaliki, had unlawful carnal cognition of the victim.

Ajibo said the offence is punishable nether conception 20 (1) of Ebonyi State Violence Against Persons Prohibited Law 2018, 2009 and 2015 arsenic amended successful 2024.

She said that the suspect obtained the consent of the woman by means of threats and mendacious and fraudulent practice and thereby committed an offence punishable nether conception 358 of the Criminal Code Cap 33, Vol. 1, Law of Ebonyi State of Nigeria

Friday Agbom, the defence counsel prayed the tribunal for bail, which was rejected.

Mrs Nkechi Chima, the Chief Magistrate, Court 2 Abakaliki, rejected the bail application, noting that the tribunal lacks jurisdiction to grip the case.

Chima besides ordered the transportation of the archetypal lawsuit file, evidence, and each documents connected the substance to the Department of Public Prosecution for further action.

The Magistrate, therefore, remanded the suspect successful the correctional centre and adjourned the lawsuit to 4th November.