COURT REMANDS TWO REVEREND SISTERS, CAUTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL ADOPTION, DEALINGS ON CHILDREN.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.
*Court Remands Two Reverend Sisters, Cautions Against Illegal Adoption, Dealings on Children.* The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, sitting in Awka, has, on Monday, remanded two Reverend Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church. The Reverend Sisters: Reverend Sister Angela Onyenachi Ibe, aged, 42, and Mother-General, Reverend Sister Chiemelie Jacinta Yvonne, aged, 41, were arraigned on a-4 count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, punishable under sections 495(a) and 386 of the Criminal Code, Cap 36, Volume II, the Revised Laws of Anambra State of Nigeria, 1991, and illegal dealings on Children, as well as, fraudulent adoption, punishable under section 30(2)(b) of the Child's Rights Law of Anambra State, 2004. However, when the charge was read to the defendants, to the satisfaction of the Honourable Court, they each, pleaded not guilty of the offenses. Responding to questions during the arraignment, the two Reverend sisters stated that