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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, identified as Peter Taiwo, of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old choir member of his church.
The commands spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the operatives also arrested the pastor’s wife, Elizabeth Taiwo, for conniving with her husband.
According to the police spokesperson, the pastor and his wife were arrested last Friday following a complaint lodged by the victim at the Adatan Divisional Police Headquarters.
The choir member told the police that the pastor’s wife instructed her to go and meet her husband in their room to run an errand.
The victim added that the pastor’s wife locked the door from outside shortly after she entered the room, 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 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,” the statement added.
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation.