Court Remands Methodist Priest in Prison for Faking His Own Abduction

 

For allegedly masterminding his own abduction, an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court, has remanded a Methodist priest, Reverend Peter Adegoke Adewuyi, in prison custody.

The embattled priest had few weeks ago allegedly tricked the public by kidnapping himself and demanding a N3 million ransom.

He was later arrested by the police at the point when the money was to be paid into his account.

The court presided over by Mrs. Omolola Akosile also remanded Adewuyi’s accomplice in the crime, Oluwadare Ajewole, pending their next appearance in court.

Adewuyi, 30, and Ajewole, 25, were arrested by the police in Ekiti State on June 11 and were slammed with the charges of aiding, arranging and abetting kidnapping.

The priest had claimed that he was kidnapped between Ijebu Jesa and

Aramoko while on a journey, which turned out to be false.

He hid himself in a hotel in Ado Ekiti on the pretence that he had been ‘kidnapped’ claiming that his ‘captors’ were demanding N3 million ransom from his church members and other members of the public.

At the court sitting on Monday, Police Prosecutor, Inspector Monica

Ikebuilo, said 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 (Prohibition) Law 2015.

The prosecutor explained that the act was committed within the Ado

Ekiti Magisterial District on June 11.

Magistrate Akosile, however, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prison custody pending the issuance of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

She subsequently adjourned the case till July 24, 2019.