An Ondo high court sitting in Akure has sentenced the Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Samuel Babatunde and five others to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold kolawole in the church.
Justice Olusegun Odusola delivering his judgment in the on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 said based on the evidence provided by the prosecution team, the clergyman and the five others were found guilty of two counts of kidnapping, and aiding and abetting to kidnap.
The one-year-old boy was declared missing on November 10, 2019, during a church service at the children’s section of Sotitobire Praying Ministry located at Oshinle Quarters in Akure, the state capital.
The clergyman was arrested, alongside seven other members of the church, and were arraigned before a magistrate’s court on six counts.
The matter was later transferred to the state High Court.
They have all been sentenced to life imprisonment.
