Chief Magistrate Ogeh Elkanah of Rivers State family court has remanded the resident Pastor of Glorious Covenant Church, Pastor Piller Erekwa to Port Harcourt correctional centre for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in Emohua council of Rivers State.
The Pastor was remanded to the correctional Centre in Port Harcourt pending his sentencing on July 19, 2023.
The accused, who is a father of 6, yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse preferred against him by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at the Magistrate Court 1, in Port Harcourt.
A charge which was read to Piller Erekwa stated that the pastor sexually abused a fifteen-year-old girl in Mgbuola village in Ndele between December 2022 and January 2023 thereby committing an offence punishable by law of Rivers State.
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