A 50 years old prophet in charge of Cherubim & Seraphim Church, Oke-Igbala, Ifo, Ogun State, Tayo Shobowale, has been arrested by the police in Ogun for defiling a 17 years old member of the church.
The name of the victim is withheld.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Family Support Unit of Ota area command by the victim.
The victim who was accompanied by her mother to the station reported that sometime in March 2021, the prophet invited her to the church for prayer, and that the prophet took advantage of being alone with him in the church to forcefully have unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
The victim further stated that after the illicit affair, the prophet ordered her to take a spiritual bath in the church with a spiritually prepared candle, which he used to rub all over her body.
The victim said since then, she had been having spiritual attacks which had always made her to fall down and remain unconscious for hours.
Upon the report, the Area Commander Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, detailed his Family Support Unit to the scene where the randy prophet was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect initially denied the allegations, but when he was confronted by the victim, it was very difficult for him to absolve himself of the allegations.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered a thorough investigation of the case and that the suspect be charged to court as soon as the investigation was concluded.
