A Pastor Was Charged For Marrying Mother And Child In Enugu

A pastor, Timothy Ngwu, was on Monday docked at an Enugu North Magistrates’ Court for allegedly marrying another man’s wife, daughter as well as another woman. The pastor’s wife, Veronica Ngwu, was said to have petitioned the court over the development. The victims whom Mr. Ngwu converted to his “wives” were said to be members of his church: Gods’ Favour Ministry, Nsukka. One of the victims, Calista Omeye, however, told the court that her husband, Fidelis Omeye, had persuaded her to meet the pastor as he wanted her to do the will of God through the pastor. “My husband was a member of the church and he introduced me to the church, because he said that the pastor had a revelation for me (Calista),” Mrs. Omeye said. She said the revelation had to do with the will of God “but he later left the church but I refused to leave the church with him. “I have 10 children for him and we were all members of the church before he left and I had a baby for the pastor but the baby died after some weeks,” she told the court. She said that it was with her husband’s consent that their daughter was given to the pastor in marriage. “It is not true that I gave out our daughter in marriage to the pastor without the consent of my husband, he was aware of everything,” she said. Mr. Ngwu, who hailed from Ihe-Owerre, Nsukka, was absent from the court as he was said to be on admission at a hospital in Enugu. The presiding magistrate, R.I. Oruruo, adjourned hearing in the matter to September 26.

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Man Charged After Threatening To Feed Boy To Alligators

A man has been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly threatening to feed a boy to alligators .

Dereck Dunn, who is not the boy's father but has children with his mother, is said to have made the terrifying threat before beating the eight-year-old.

According to the New York Daily News , an affidavit says the unnamed child and his young sister were left with Dunn at home in Florida. The 28-year-old is then said to have taken the boy to the back garden and allegedly picked him up before making the threat to feed him to the reptiles.

The youngster claimed Dunn hit him and pushed his face into a carpet, leaving him gasping for air, before chasing him into a cupboard where he beat him with a belt.

The boy also claimed Dunn said he would buy him a dress and tiara .

According to court documents, the boy had “patterned injuries to his right cheek/eye area and patterned loop-shaped injuries to his buttocks, arms and legs”.

Dunn has denied hitting the boy with a belt and pushing the boy's head into a carpet but has admitted accidentally hitting the boy in the face while playing and hitting him with a belt a few days earlier.

The boy's mum, Andrea Pritchard, said she had seen Dunn hit her son on the bottom with his hand and claimed Dunn was joking when he suggested feeding the boy to alligators and dressing him like a girl.

Dunn remains jailed on $7,500 (£5,700) bond and has been ordered not to contact the boy. He’s been issued an order of no contact with the victim. He is due to appear in court on September 26.

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First Photo Of Man Charged With Murder Of New York Imam & Assistant As He Faces Court

A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a Muslim cleric and his assistant were shot dead while walking home from afternoon prayers .

Oscar Morel, of Brooklyn, was charged over the deaths of imam Maulama Akonjee and Thara Uddin.

The 35-year-old faces up to life in prison without parole if he is convicted of killing the men in a brazen daylight attack on Saturday.

Morel appeared before Queens Criminal Court cuffed at the hands and feet, wearing a tan button-down shirt with black pants.

He was arraigned on one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Morel appeared calm and spoke little during his brief appearance. He agreed that surveillance video showed him at the scene of the murders earlier on Saturday, but denied being the killer.

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Man charged for attempted rape on pregnant woman in Lagos

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old unemployed man, Ismail Akorede, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged attempted rape of a pregnant woman.

Akorede of no fixed address is being tried on a one-count charge of attempted rape. 

The prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Aug. 1 at 8:00 p.m. at Masaka Str., Oko-Oba, Agege, Lagos. Nwosu said that the accused unlawful entered into Busayo’s apartment with the intent to rape her.

“The accused sneaked into the room of the complainant with intent to have carnal knowledge of her while she was sleeping. He unzipped his trouser, removed the complainant’s wrapper and was about to penetrate when she suddenly woke up and raised alarm. All the residents of the compound rushed out to rescue the complainant. “The accused was arrested when he wanted to escape and handed over to the police,” Nwosu said.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

But the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mr A.A Adesanya, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. Adesanya adjourned the case till Sept. 5 for mention.

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