Police in Ogun have arrested a 59-year-old pastor of Light Christian Church, Odeda, Oketokun Abiodun, for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl (name withheld).
The pastor was arrested following a report by the father of the victim, who reported at Odeda Police Station that the suspect saw his daughter playing with other children and called her to go and bring a key for him in his room.
He said while the innocent girl was going into the room, the pastor followed her, pushed her onto his bed, covered her mouth with his hands and defiled her.
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that upon the report, the DPO Odeda Division, CSP Ajayi Williams, detailed detectives to the scene, where the randy pastor was promptly arrested.
Upon interrogation, the pastor allegedly owned up to the commission of the crime and is currently being detained at Odeda Police Station, while the victim has been taken to General Hospita, Odeda, for medical attention.
The PPRO added that state’s Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the 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.