Pastor & wife bathes their 12-year-old son with hot charcoal!

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates' Court on Tuesday remanded a cleric, Ajibaye Elikana, 49, and his wife, Elizabeth, in prison custody for allegedly pouring hot charcoal on their child.

The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Elisha Olusegun, told the court that the couple conspired and caused bodily harm to their 12-year old son on January 2 at Okinni area of Osogbo.

Olusegun said the cleric and his wife tied the hands and legs of their son with a rope and bathed him with hot charcoal. According to Olusegun, the victim was abandoned on the street where he was picked up by a good Samaritan for treatment and taken to the Central Juvenile Welfare Centre.

He said the offence committed contravened Sections 516, 335 and 351 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. 11 Laws of Osun, 2003.

The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and their counsel, O.O. Alabi, applied for their bail.

But Chief Magistrate Adebayo Lasisi ordered the remand of the couple in prison custody and adjourned the case to January 21 for bail consideration.