Pastor In Trouble As Boy Dies During Spiritual Bath

A 25-year-old pastor, Samson Bamgbose, was, yesterday, arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrate Court, Isabo, Ogun State for allegedly causing the death of a place of worship constituent, who drowned during a religious bath.
Bamgbose, a pastor at the Celestial Church of Christ, Alaapa, is opposite a one-count ascribe of negligence.

The policeman prosecutor, Mr Paul Etusi, told the court that the infringement was pledged on August 15 at 3p.m. in Ogun stream, Alaapa town, Abeokuta.


He said the accused took some church constituents, including the deceased, Toheeb Odusanya,13, to the stream for religious bath.

“Bamgbose took the little young man to the river without his parent’s consent. He did not take the essential precaution, and allowed the boy to drown,” the prosecutor said.

Etusi said the offence contravened part 344 of the Criminal cipher of Ogun, 2006.

The suspect, although, pleaded not guilty.

The magistrate, Mr Anthony Araba, granted the suspect bail in the addition of N200,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till October 2