The Founder of the Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, was this morning arranged by Department of State Services.
He was arraigned at the Magistrate Court sitting Akure, Ondo State over a missing one-year-old child, Gold, who went missing in his church few weeks ago.
Alfa was brought into the Oke-Eda court premises by operatives of the DSS on Monday morning in a white Hiace Toyota bus with number: AKR 54 AM.
The 42-year-old Prophet was arraigned alongside six workers of the church on a three-count charge.
The charge sheet read: “That you Prophet Alfa Babatunde ‘m’, Omodara Olayinka ‘f’, Margaret Oyebola ‘f’, Grace Ogunjobi ‘f’, Egunjobu Motunrayo ‘f’, Esther Kayode ‘f’, Peter Anjorin ‘m’ others now at large on the 10th day of November 2019 at about 11:45 am at Sotitobire Praising Chapel, No. 48, Solagbade Street, Oshinle Quarters, Akure, Ondo State in the Akure Magisterial District did conspire together to commit felony to Wit: Kidnapping and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. I, Laws of Undo State 2006.
“That you Prophet Alfa Babatunde ’m’, Omodara Olayinka ’f’, Margaret Oyebola ‘f’, Grace Ogunjobi ‘f’, Egunjobu Motunrayo ’f’, Esther Kayode ’f’, Peter Anjorin ‘m’ and others now at large on the 10th day of November 2019 at about 11:4Sam at Sotitobire Praising Chapel, No. 48, Solagbade Street, Oshinle Quarters, Akure, Ondo State in the Akure Magisterial District did aid the kidnap of one Gold Eninlaloluwa Kolawole ’m’ aged 13-month and -thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 5(i) of the Ondo State Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law, 2010.
“That you PETER ANJORIN ‘m’ on the 10th day of December 2019 at about 2:00 pm at the premises of the Department of State Service, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State in the Akure Magisterial District did destroy evidence by secretly taken away the vital evidence that would have aid speedy investigation in respect of the missing child (Gold Eninlaloluwa Kolawole) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 123 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. I, Laws of Ondo State 2006.”
As at the time of filing this report the case was still ongoing.
Though he had denied it, Alfa was accused of burying the child under the alter in his church.
Irate youths subsequently burnt the church.
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