A 44 years old pastor of Christ Apostolic Church, Ogo Oluwa Parish, Mr. Oluwafemi Oyebola, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly raping his biological daughter (name withheld).
The pastor was arrested following a complaint by his daughter at Owode-Egbado divisional headquarters.
According to the spokesman of the police command in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the daughter said her father had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of her since 2015 when she was 19 years old, shortly after the demise of her mother.
She further reported that she got pregnant for her father three times and on the different occasions, her father took her to a nurse where those pregnancies were aborted.
She said after the third abortion, “the suspect did family planning for her so as not to get pregnant any longer.”
The daughter said having realised that her father was all out to ruin her life, she ran away from the house and reported to a non-governmental organization, Advocacy For Children And Vulnerable Persons Network, consequent upon which she was taken to Owode-Egbado police station to complain.
Upon the report, the DPO, Owode-Egbado division, SP Olabisi Elebute, led her detectives to the pastor’s house where he was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect made confessional statement that all what his daughter said were true.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
