Men of Ogun State police command have arrested a pastor and his wife, Peter Taiwo and Elizabeth Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, for allegedly conniving to defile a 16-year-old choir member of the church (name withheld).
According to a statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, the pastor and his wife were arrested following a complaint lodged at Adatan divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that, while she went to the church for choir practice, the pastor’s wife called and told her to go meet the pastor in their room as he wanted to send her on an errand.
“She stated further that as soon as she got into the room, the pastor’s wife locked the door from outside, consequent upon which the pastor overpowered her, and forcefully had sex with her. She explained further that the pastor’s wife later came in after her husband had satisfied himself and met her crying and she told her to stop crying as she is now a woman. She then warned her never to tell anybody or else she would die.
Upon the report, the DPO Adatan division, SP Salaudeen Abiodun, dispatch his men to the scene where the randy pastor and his wife were promptly apprehended.
On interrogation, the couple confessed to the crime but blamed the devil for it. They also pleaded for forgiveness from the victim.
The victim has been taken to hospital by the police for medical treatment” the statement in part read.
Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation, with the view to charging them to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
