One Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16-year-old choir member of the church.
The suspects were both arrested by the Ogun State police command on Friday, December 10 after a complaint was lodged by the victim at Adatan divisional headquarters.
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In a statement released by the command via the spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the girl had reported that, while she went to the church for choir practice, the wife of the pastor had called her and told her to go and meet the pastor in their room as he wanted to send her on errand.
The statement read partly;
“She stated further that as soon as she got into the room, the pastor’s wife locked the door from outside, subsequently the pastor overpowered her, and forcefully had sex with her.
She explained that the pastor’s wife later came in after her husband had satisfied himself and met her crying and she (pastor’s wife) 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 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.”
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The spokesperson added that the suspects will be charged to court after investigations as the case has been transferred to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department.
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