A self-acclaimed pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oluwakemi Oyebola, who was arrested in Ogun State for allegedly raping his daughter and aborting pregnancies for her three thrice, Thursday, blamed the devil for the act.
He claimed that he was hit by “the devil’s arrow” targeted at him.
The pastor was arrested following a complaint by his daughter who reported at Owode-Egbado police divisional headquarters.
The daughter reportedly told the police that her father had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of her since 2015 when she was 19 years old, shortly after the death of her mother.
According to her, she got pregnant for her father three times and that he took her to a nurse where the pregnancies were aborted.
The 44-year-old pastor was among 102 suspected criminals paraded yesterday by the State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, at the headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
The clergyman, who was paraded along with the nurse alleged to have carried out the abortions for the daughter, added that having sex with his biological daughter was not intentional.
He said he has expressed his regret and asked for forgiveness from his daughter, and from Nigerians.
“I was hit by the devil’s arrow targeted at me by my enemies. I could not fathom how I began having sex with my own daughter.
“It is a shameful act, I agree. But unlike what was reported in the media, I only began to have sex with her in 2017 and not 2015 as claimed by the police. Also, the abortion I did for her was just once and not thrice.
“I regret my action and I have sought forgiveness from my daughter. She has also forgiven me as she came to plead with the CP on my behalf on Wednesday.
“I want to sincerely beg for forgiveness from Nigerians; my action was unheard of, and I seriously regret it,” he said.
However, the nurse, Monilola Ogundimu, alleged to have carried out three abortions for the cleric’s daughter denied aborting any pregnancy for the girl.
Ogundimu, who said she is an Assistant Matron and Head, Family Planning Unit, Idiroko General Hospital, Ipokia Local Government of the state, disclosed that she only helped the girl to uptake a family planning method as instructed by the cleric, who simply identified himself then as Mr. James.
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