Court remands priest, accomplice for allegedly faking kidnap in Ekiti

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An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 30-year-old Methodist Church Priest, Rev. Peter Adegoke Adewuyi, in prison custody for allegedly faking his own kidnap to obtain a ransom.

The court also remanded Adewuyi’s accomplice, 25-year-old Oluwadare Ajewole, in the alleged crime pending their next appearance in court.

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Monica Ikebuilo, alleged that “the offences committed by the priest and his accomplice are contrary to, and punishable under Sections 5 and 7 of Ekiti State Kidnap and Terrorism Law 2015”. Adewuyi had claimed that he was kidnapped between Ijebu Jesa in Osun State and Aramoko in Ekiti State while on a journey.

 

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A clergy of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox & seldomly the Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments are called PRIESTS. Protestant Christianity (Methodist church -an offshoot of Anglicanism) will appropriately be REVEREND or PASTOR

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