Pastor Ruben Okotie has been jailed for six months for allegedly attempting to rape a 13-year-old house help.
The Punch reports that the 38-year-old pastor was sentenced by a magistrates’ court in Kwale, Ndokwa west local government area of Delta state without an option of fine for attempted rape.
Carl Moeteke, the magistrate who pronounced the sentence on Friday, noted that the pastor was found guilty with overwhelming evidence of three counts of conspiracy, attempted rape and illicit sexual act.
Okotie had on the February 22, in Kwale town, seduced their housemaid with a red candle because his wife was away to visit her sick parents in a neighbouring community.
The 13-year-old maid, a native of Akwa Ibom State, reportedly resisted the attempt by Okotie to rape her after she returned from market where she was sent to buy food stuff for which the suspect threatened to throw her out of the house.
However, a week afterwards, the pastor was said to have molested the teenager with a red candle, after dragging her to his bedroom. When the wife returned, she reported her husband and he was immediately nabbed by police officers.
Promise Enebeli, the police prosecuting officer, informed the court that Okotie confessed to the crime upon interrogation after which he was arraigned.
The accused’s counsel, Thomas Okobi, however dismissed the claims of the pastor’s wife, Esther, but the court insisted that the evidence before it was overwhelming.
This is not the first time that such incidents have been reported in the police station as a pastor was also recently caught pants down with another man’s wife.
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