Court remands pastor for alleged defilement of his daughter

An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates' Court in Benin on
Wednesday ordered the remand a 41-year-old Prophet,
Benjamin Bernard, in prison custody for alleged
defilement of his seven-year-old daughter.
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 Jan.
26.
Bernard pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of
defilement .
The minor, led in evidence by Ugiagbe, told the court that
after defiling her, Bernard used a white handkerchief to
clean her private part.
She said her father warned her not to mention it to
anyone else, threatened to kill her if she disclosed it to
anybody.
The court adjourned the matter till March16 for further
hearing.