An alleged self-confessed pastor, Sadeeq Mustapha, is facing trial at a
Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting at Ogba, Agege where he has been
charged with alleged attempt To Molest two men.
Sadeeq (27)
allegedly attempted to forcefully have sexual intercourse with a
transporter, Oladimeji Taiwo, and a teacher, Yusuf Idowu, on October 9
and 10. The incident allegedly took place at No 9 Disu Akogun Street,
Dopemu, Lagos.
The two-count charge against the suspect read: “That
you, Saseeq Mustapha, on the 9th day of October, 2015 at 9, Disu Akogun
Street, Dopemu, Agege, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, did conduct
yourself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by forcefully
wanting to have sex with one Oladimeji Taiwo ‘m’ and thereby committed
an offence punishable under Section 166 (d) of the Criminal Laws of
Lagos, Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, Sadeeq Mustapha, on the 10th day
of October, 2015, at about 02.30hrs, at the same place and magisterial
district, did forcefully wanted to have sex with one Yusuf Idowu ‘m’ by
ordering him to pull off his clothes and committed an offence punishable
under Section 166 (d) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, Nigeria, 2011″.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
In
his statement to the police, Oladimeji, one of the alleged victims
narrated that the defendant met him in Dopemu area of the state,
introduced himself as a pastor and then asked him for road direction
around the area. After directing him, the alleged victim said the
suspect requested to pray for him and that, since he liked associating
with men of God, he took him (the pastor) to his house where he
introduced him to his fellow tenants as a brother.
Oladimeji
explained that they went into prayer session after the suspect had
“blessed a table water he bought” on their way home, saying the prayer,
which started late in the night, lasted for some time. He alleged that
while the prayer lasted, the suspect ordered him to pull off his
trousers and shirt, which he did. He added that, at a point, he started
noticing some moves by the suspect and, as such, decided not to close
his eyes anymore.
Oladimeji further alleged that the suspect’s
mood changed as he asked him to lie down flat because, according to the
suspect, the level of prayer they were about to go into required that he
(the suspect) lies on top of the person receiving the prayer. But that
on noticing that the suspect was about to sleep with him rather than
pray for him, he stood up, directed his gaze at the suspect, who had
noticed a resistance to his intention, and warned him sternly against
the attempt. He said he called off the prayer and sat down wondering
with disbelief the alleged attempt To Molest him.
He said that
because he didn’t want to disgrace a man who said he was a man of God
and the fact that he had already introduced him as a brother, he allowed
the suspect to go in the morning, unmolested, but told him never to
come to his house again.
Oladimeji said that after that, he left for
work and did not return till the following morning. Upon his return, the
alleged victim was amazed to still meet the suspect in his house.
This
was because the second victim, Yusuf, who only saw the Sadeeq and his
co-tenant the previous night, did not know what had happened and, as
such, had admitted the suspect into his apartment the second night
during which the defendant allegedly attempted To Molest him in the same
manner he tried To Molest Oladimeji the previous night.
On
sighting the suspect, the latter said he ordered him to leave the house
immediately but that Mustapha refused, prompting him to pick up a
machete to attack him but for the intervention of neighbors who were
later shocked to hear what the suspect allegedly did to his two victims.
Still reluctant to leave the house, Oladimeji said he called his uncle,
who instructed him to get the suspect arrested, which he did.