The Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and five others have been sentenced to life imprisonment over last year’s disappearance of a one-year-old child, Gold Kolawole, from the Church.
They were found guilty on two-count charges bordering on kidnapping, aiding and abetting to kidnap preferred against them.
Justice Olusegun Odusola said the prosecution proved circumstantial evidence against the accused persons.
He also condemned in strong terms the complicity, compromise, and lackadaisical attitude of the Ondo State police command after Gold got missing, which also led the burning of Sotitobire Church.
Other defendants jailed include Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo and Esther Kayode.
Baby Gold was taken to the Church by his parents, where he went missing. He has not been seen since then.