December 12, (THEWILL) – Police in Ogun State have arrested one Pastor Peter Taiwo of the Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke-Saje, for allegedly conniving with his wife Elizabeth Taiwo to defile a 16-year-old choir member of his church (name withheld)
The suspect and his wife were arrested on December 10, 2021.
They were arrested following a complaint lodged at Adatan divisional headquarters by the victim.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed this to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday
Oyeyemi said the victim went to the church for choir practice, when the pastor’s wife called her and told her to go and meet the pastor in their room because the pastor wanted to send her on an errand.
He said as soon as she got into the room, the pastor’s wife locked the door from outside and thee pastor quickly overpowered her, and forcefully had sex with her.
The Police PRO explained further that the pastor’s wife later came in, and met the victim crying after her husband had satisfied himself and 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.
The couple, on interrogation, confessed to the crime but blamed the devil for it. They also pleaded for forgiveness from the victim.
The victim had been taken to the hospital by the police for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
