Men of the Ogun State Police Command have
arrested a 48-year-old pastor of The Light House Gospel Church, Oluwo,
Owode-Egba, in the Obafemi-Owode local Government Area of the state, Pastor
Michael Abiodun, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old member
of his church (name withheld).
The Police Public Relations Officer in the
state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Oyeyemi explained that the pastor was
arrested following an information received by policemen at Owode Egba
Divisional Headquarters.
The PPRO said the police gathered that the
victim’s mother joined the church as a result of a spiritual problem which led
to the death of two of her daughters.
Oyeyemi added, “In order to prevent the victim from the same calamity, she ran to
the church for deliverance.
“On the fateful day, the pastor, a father
of three, asked the victim’s mother to send her to him for special prayer, but
on getting there, the pastor took her
into a room within the church and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her, which
resulted to pregnancy.
“Upon the information, the DPO of Owode Egba Division, CSP Olasunkanmi Popoola,
detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy pastor was promptly
arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed to the
commission of the crime but blamed it on the devil.
“He further confessed being the person who
deflowered the victim who was a JSS 2 student.
“The mother of the victim explained to the police that since her daughter has not
been menstruating before, it was difficult for her to know that she was
pregnant until seven months after.
“The victim, who was delivered of a baby
three months ago, informed the police that she was threatened by the pastor of
the dare consequences if she informed anybody about what happened between them,
and that was the reason she didn’t
inform her mother.”
The PPRO, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the
transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation Department for further
investigation and possible prosecution.