Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo, Mathew Oladapo, for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19 year old member (name withheld) of the church.
The pastor, according to the police spokesman in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that while attending the church service on the February 20, 2022, the pastor told her that he saw a vision that she was having a spiritual husband which she needed to be delivered of.
The victim was quoted as stating further that the pastor told her she would undergo three nights of fasting and prayer in the church for total deliverance.
In addition, she said she was asked to come to the church with N1,000 note and anointing oil.
The spokesman said the victim told the police that on the first night of the fasting and prayer, she was taken to a room within the church where the pastor ordered her to pull off her clothes and undies and lay down on a piece of cloth on the floor which she obeyed.
She said while lying on the floor, the pastor started rubbing the anointing oil on her body and inserted his finger into her private part.
When she protested, the pastor pinned her down, covered her mouth and forcefully had sex with her with the claim that it was the only way to break bond between her and the spirit husband.
Oyeyemi said upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ogijo division, CSP Onatufe Umoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy pastor was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed to have been overwhelmed by spirit.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, 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 diligent prosecution.
