Ondo Court Sentences Sotitobire Founder, Prophet Alfa, 5 others to life imprisonment.
Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo state High Court in Akure has sentenced the Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and 5 others to life imprisonment over the disappearance of one year old Gold Kolawole in the church last year.
Justice Odusola convicted the defendants having found them guilty of the two count charge of kidnapping and aiding and abetting to kidnap based on the circumstancial evidence presented by the prosecution.
He also condemned in strong terms the complicity, compromise, and lackadaisical attitude of the Ondo state police command after Gold got missing which also led the burning of Sotitobire Church.
Ondo State government and the state security service had arraigned Pastor Babatunde in court on Monday, December 23, 2019 accusing him of culpability in the mysterious disappearance of Gold.
He was said to have conspired with some of his church workers to perpetrate the evil act.
Meanwhile, the 7th defendant was discharged and acquitted after the prosecution counsel could not prove any case against him.
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