Pastor Duruebube, the founding father of Mercy Home Church Worldwide, which has her headquarters in Eliozu in Obio-Akpor Native Authorities Space of Rivers State, is accused of defiling a 16-year-old woman.
Within the viral audio dialog that leaked, the pastor was heard having some intimate discussions with the minor.
The teenager advised him {that a} member of the family is conscious of their relationship,In reply, the cleric mentioned he heard another person discuss it, and satisfied her to not disclose additional or admit the reality about their intimacy.
The Rivers State Authorities has taken over the prosecution of Pastor Felix Okpara Duruebube.
The workplace of the Lawyer Common and Commissioner of Justice will henceforth deal with the police fees in opposition to him.
In late June, a Chief Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in Port Harcourt remanded him on the PortHarcourt Correctional Centre.
Chief Justice of the Peace N. Anugbum adjourned the case until August 18 after Duruebube did not fulfil bail circumstances.
The pastor was arraigned on a two-count cost by the Police State Legal Investigation and Intelligence Division (SCIID).The costs state that the defendant allegedly defiled the teenager between April 2021 and Might 2022.
He’s being accused of committing sexual abuse at RayJPE Lodge Rumuokoro, Mercy Home Church department Iwofe, and No..42A street 12 Rumuaghaolu, Port Harcourt with the minor on a number of events.
The so referred to as pastor Duruebube is alleged to have compelled the minor to take an oath to not have every other affair with one other man or disclose their illicit love affair to anyone; in any other case, she would run mad and die.
The offence is punishable underneath part 32(1) (2) of the Youngster Rights Act CAP 50 Regulation of Rivers State, 2003.
On depend two, the accused dedicated an offence punishable underneath Part 208 of the Legal Code, CAP 37, Vol .11 Legal guidelines of Nigeria, 2004.
Duruebube pleaded not responsible and was granted bail with circumstances of getting two sureties and likewise sum of N2 million.
One of many sureties should be a bishop and the second, a relative with landed property throughout the magisterial district.
The Worldwide Federation of Girls Attorneys (FIDA) in Rivers suggested Nigerians to watch out of the spiritual centres they worship in.
Mrs Adata Bio- Briggs, The chairperson, vowed that the group would comply with the matter to make sure justice prevailed.