Police arrest pastor, wife for defilement of 16-year-old choir member

Glory Ebomah

The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a randy pastor of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alhaja-Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo for conniving together and defiling a 16-year-old choir member of the church.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the couple was arrested following a complaint lodged at Adatan Divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that while she went to 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 an errand.

He said: “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 added that the pastor’s wife later came in after her husband had satisfied himself and met her crying; she told her to stop crying as she is now a woman, and thereafter 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 has been taken to hospital by the police for medical treatment.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation, with a view to charging them as soon as the investigation is concluded.