Couple arraigned for allegedly threatening to kill pastors

The police on Wednesday arraigned a couple before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly threatening to kill pastors and some church members. The defendants are Olamide Abraham (45) and his wife, Abidemi Abraham (32). The duo, whose addresses were not provided, are standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy and threat to life. […]

The police on Wednesday arraigned a couple before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly threatening to kill pastors and some church members.
The defendants are Olamide Abraham (45) and his wife, Abidemi Abraham (32). The duo, whose addresses were not provided, are standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy and threat to life. They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Olarotimi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence between 2022 and Dec. 29, 2025, at a CAC church on Sango-Poly Road, Ibadan.
He alleged that the defendants, who were former members of the church, threatened to kill the pastors—Michael Ajayi, one Pastor Daramola, and Emem Inyang—along with some other church members.
He further alleged that the couple sent voice and text messages to the complainants, threatening to kill them and “send terrors” to them.
He said that the defendants were eventually arrested following police investigations.
The offences, he said, contravene Sections 86 and 516 of the Criminal Law of Oyo State, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Adebola Adeola, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N200,000 each, with one surety each in like sum.
She ruled that the surety must be a blood relation of the defendants and adjourned the case until Feb. 16, 2026, for hearing. (NAN)