The Magistrate Court in Ilorin, Kwara State has remanded the Senior Pastor of the Revolutionary Insight Church in the state capital, Makanjuola Olabisi Lanre, in prison custody for allegedly raping three biological sisters.
The court presided over by Magistrate Fatimah Salihu gave the order that the pastor be remanded at the Mandala Correctional facility on Friday.
According to the police investigation report, the pastor had preached to and converted the victims to his church located at Agba Dam area of Ilorin sometimes in 2018 before later luring them to his bed.
The report said: “The pastor invited the eldest sister for prayers after she declined his proposal to be his lover but eventually raped her and her two siblings at different times.
“When the complainant (victims) discovered that the pastor had been taking sexual advantage of them, they stopped attending the church, a development that made the pastor threaten that calamity will befall them.”
Police prosecutor, Matthew Ologbonsaye, informed the court of the motion exparte attached to the charges and urged that the pastor be remanded pending the outcome of the legal advice.
The trial Magistrate ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to take the pastor’s plea and adjourned the matter to 14th September 2022 for mention.