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\nA 33-year-old pastor\u2019s wife, Blessing Okechukwu, has appeared before an
\nAjegunle Magistrates\u2019 Court in Lagos for allegedly burying a live pig in
\nher husband\u2019s church compound, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Prosecution
\nCounsel, Insp. S.I. Bassey told the court that the defendant committed
\nthe offence around 1.40 a.m. on September 3, at the National bank
\nestate, Satelite Town, Lagos.<\/p>\n
He alleged that the defendant, and
\nher husband, who was the senior pastor of License of Healing Deliverance
\nMission, were caught burying a live pig in the church compound.<\/p>\n
Mr Bassey told the court that he had witnesses who saw the defendant in the act and picture evidence of the pig when the police dug it up.
The offence, he said, contravened the revised provisions of sections 411, 168 (d) and 394 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.<\/p>\n
DAILY
\nNIGERIAN reports that Sections 168 and 394 both stipulates a
\nthree-month jail term each for the offence of breach of peace and animal
\ncruelty respectively, while 411 carries two-years for conspiracy.<\/p>\n
The Magistrate, Ramot Ayilara, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.<\/p>\n
She ordered that the surety must reside within the court\u2019s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed, with address verified by the court.
Mrs Ayilara adjourned the case until September 19 for mention. <\/p>\n
Source: Daily Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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