The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Monday, remanded two reverend sisters of a first generational church (name withheld), for illegal dealings and fraudulent adoption of children.

Their names were given as Reverend Sister Angela Onyenachi Ibe, aged 42, and Mother-General, Reverend Sister Chiemelie Jacinta Yvonne, aged 41.

The defendants were arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy, obtained by 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.

They were also charged with illegal dealings with children as well as fraudulent adoption, punishable under Section 30(2)(b) of the Child’s Rights Law of Anambra State, 2004.