The police in Ogun State have arrested a 38-year-old pastor, Israel Adebayo, for raping a 14-year-old member of his church’s choir.
Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday, said Adebayo, who is the General Overseer of The Beloved Chapel, No 9 on Iyaniwura Street, off Owonikoko Street, Agbado area of Abeokuta, was arrested following a complaint.
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He said the mother of the victim told the police that while she was away from home for treatment of an ailment, her daughter went to the church, but “fell” into the hands of the pastor who “lured her into his room and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.”
He said, “On interrogation, the pastor who admitted defiling the victim, pleaded for forgiveness. According to him, his family and that of the victim are so close, and he didn’t know how and why such a thing happened to him.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect would have been arrested long ago, but the mother of the victim frustrated the move because she doesn’t want to offend her pastor. But when the victim was continuously bleeding from her private part since the incident which happened in October, 2021, she was left with no option than to invite police into the matter.”
Oyeyemie further said, meanwhile, the police on Friday also arrested a 48-year-old pastor, Michael Abiodun, who defiled and impregnated a 12-year-old member of his church at Owode Egba in Obafemi-Owode LGA
