ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – A 48-year-old Pastor of The Light House Gospel Church in southwestern Ogun state Nigeria, Michael Abiodun has been arrested by cops for defiling and impregnating a -12 –year- old member of his church.
It was gathered that the victim’s mother had sought help from the clergyman in an effort to avoid losing any more children because of what she believed to be spiritual issues that had caused the deaths of two of her daughters.
Further information revealed that the clergyman who is a father of three had asked the victim’s mother to send her daughter to him for a special prayer, but when the girl arrived, the Pastor took her into a church chamber and raped her, resulting in the pregnancy.
The state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen that the pastor had confessed to committing the crime during interrogation but blamed it on the devil.
He also admitted to being one that deflowered the girl who is a Junior Secondary School 2 student, according to the police spokesperson.
“The mother of the victim explained to the police that since her daughter has not been menstruating before, it was difficult for her to know that she was pregnant until seven months after.
“The victim, who was delivered of a baby three months ago informed the police that she was threatened by the Pastor of dire consequences if she informed anybody about what happened between them, and that was the reason she didn’t inform her mother,” Oyeyemi said.
The suspect will be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.