Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife Elizabeth Taiwo, have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conniving to rape a choir member of the church.
Daily Report Nigeria gathered that the victim (names withheld) is only 16 years of age.
Spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement revealed that the suspects were arrested after the victim filed a complaint the at Adatan divisional headquarters.
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The victim narrated while she went for choir rehearsals, Mrs Taiwo asked her to go see her husband in his room on the pretext that he wanted to send her on an 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 has been taken to hospital by the police for medical treatment,” the statement reads in part.
However, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered for 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.
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