This was made known in a press release from the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Friday.
The PPRO said the arrest of the suspect followed the information received from the victims mother.
The 48 Years old pastor reportedly confessed to commiting the crime of deflowering the victim who was a Junior Secodery School (JSS) 2 Student and blamed it on the devil.
It is gathered that the victim’s mother explained to the police that her daughter was ignorant of her maturity at the time, hence, she didn’t know that she had conceived.
He said “the Pastor was arrested following an information received at Owode Egba divisional headquarters that, the victim’s mother joined the church as a result of spiritual problem which led to the death of two of her daughters. In order to prevent the victim from the same calamity, she ran to the church for deliverance.
“On the fateful day, the Pastor a father of three,asked the victim’s mother to send her to him for special prayer, but on getting there, the Pastor took her into a room within the church and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her which resulted to pregnancy.
“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 a dare consequence if she informed anybody about what happened between them, and that was the reason she didn’t inform her mother”.
The PPRO added that , the DPO Owode Egba Division, CSP Olasunkanmi Popoola upon getting the information directed his detectives to apprehend the pastor.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution
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