By Augustine Ehikioya
For allegedly conniving with his wife to defile a 16 years old choir member of his church, officials of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife Elizabeth Taiwo.
They were arrested following a complaint lodged at Adatan Divisional headquarters by the victim.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the PPRO, Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, and made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA).
The statement said the victim had reported that, “while she went to the church for choir practice, 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 errand.
“She stated further that as soon as she got into the room, the Pastor’s wife locked the door from outside, consequent upon which the Pastor overpowered her, and forcefully had sex with her.
“She explained further that the Pastor’s wife later came in after her husband has satisfied himself and met her crying and she 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.
“On interrogation, the couple confessed to the crime but blamed the devil for it. They also pleaded for forgiveness from the victim.”
The victim, the statement said, has been taken to hospital by the Police for medical treatment.
It added that 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, “with the view to charge them to court as soon as investigation is concluded.”