Cleric, 48, Rapes, Impregnates 12-year-old Worshipper in Ogun

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 48-year-old pastor of The Light House Gospel Church, Oluwo, Owode-Egba, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, Pastor Michael Abiodun, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old member of his church (name withheld).

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

Oyeyemi explained that the pastor was arrested following information received by policemen at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters.

The PPRO said the police gathered that the victim’s mother joined the church as a result of a spiritual problem which led to the death of two of her daughters.

Oyeyemi added, “In order to prevent the victim from the same calamity, she ran to the church for deliverance.

“On the fateful day, the pastor, a father of three, asked the victim’s mother to send her to him for special prayer, but on getting there, the pastor took her into a room within the church and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her, which resulted to pregnancy.