Founder of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, Ondo State, Prophet Alfa Babatunde has been condemned to life imprisonment over his involvement in the abduction of Gold Kolawole, a toddler, in his church.
Kolawole was one-year-old at that time of his disappearance from the church in Akure.
Gold, went missing on November 10 during a Sunday service after his mother, Modupe Kolawole, dropped him at the children’s unit of the church.
The prophet was incarcerated together with six other defendants including Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo, Esther Kayode and Peter Anjorin.
Justice Odusola condemned in strong terms the complicity, compromise and nonchalant behavior of the Ondo State Police command after Kolawole went disappearance, an incident that led to the destruction of the church.
Prophet Babatunde was initially arrested on December 10, 2019 by the Department of the State Services amid a petition by parents of the missing child.