Pastor Charged to Court for Trying to Steal Member’s Wife

A Pastor in Edo State has been charged to court for abducting and keeping a members wife in his house as well as having carnal knowledge of the woman.

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34 yr old Joseph Igwemon was arraigned before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly abducting and having carnal knowledge of the woman who also happens to be a chorister in his church.

The accused who is the pastor of a new generation church, Global Influence Ministry, was said to have committed the offence on October 15, 2018, in the Mission Road area of Benin City.

The Pastor had joined the woman in question and her husband in holy matrimony on the altar of his church before allegedly committing the act.

Igwemon was arraigned on two counts of abduction and an act likely to cause the breach of peace as he was alleged to have had carnal knowledge of the victim inside his church and keeping her in his house, disregarding her marital status.

The prosecution said the offence contravened sections 249(d) and 361 of the Criminal Code applicable in the state.

The charges read in part;

“That you, Pastor Joseph Igwemon, on October 15, 2018, at noon in your church, Global Influence Ministry, at 16, Owoseni Street, off Mission Road, Benin, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by having carnal knowledge of one Stella George, who is a chorister in your church, having wedded her and her husband, one Paul Nosakhare, and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 249 (d) of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo State.

That you, Pastor Joseph Igwemon, on the same date, time and place, in the aforesaid magisterial district, did abduct one Mrs Stella George by keeping her in your house for months, knowing that she is married and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 361 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo State.”

The new generation pastor who pleaded not guilty to the charges was thereafter granted bail in the sum of N200,000 and a surety in like sum, who must be gainfully employed.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Isi Iyoha, thereafter adjourned the case to November 29, 2018, for definite hearing.