Men of Ogun state police command have arrested an Ogun Pastor identified as Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, in Abeokuta, and his wife Elizabeth Taiwo for conniving to defile a 16-years-old choir member of the church.
According to the statement released on Sunday 12th December 2021, by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun 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 her and told her to go and meet the pastor in their room because the pastor 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 has 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 will die.
“Upon the report, the Dpo Adatan division, SP Salaudeen Abiodun, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene, where the randy self-proclaimed 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 statement reads.
The victim has been taken to the hospital by the police for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to ant- 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.