An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo
State, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin
Bernard, in prison custody for alleged rape of his seven-year-old daughter.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Chief
Magistrate, Mrs Taiye Omoruyi, refused to admit the cleric to bail.
The prosecutor, Kenneth Ugiagbe, said the pastor
committed the incest against his third daughter on January 26, 2016.
Bernard pleaded not guilty to the one count of
defilement preferred against him.
The minor, led in evidence by Ugiagbe, told the
court that after defiling her, Bernard used a white handkerchief to clean her
private parts.
She said her father warned her not to mention it to
anyone else, and threatened to kill her if she did.
The court adjourned the matter till March16 for
further hearing.
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