A 31-year-old pastor with a new generation Church (name withheld), has been nabbed by the police for defiling a 12-year-old girl, along MTN Road in Sapele, the administrative headquarter of Sapele local government area of Delta State.
According to a source close to the little girl’s family, she and her family were members of the church and it was during one of those church activities that he defiled her.
According to reports, a police source who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the pastor was arrested following a report by the father of the victim who reported at the Sapele Police Station.
He said that: “the girl was complaining of pain in her abdomen, that was when the victim’s mother and father became suspicious and when the girl was queried, she told them that the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of her when she went for choir practice and threatened to kill her if she tells anybody.”
The source added that “upon the report, the police swung into action and the randy pastor was arrested.
“Upon interrogation, the pastor owned up to have committed the crime and he is currently being detained at the Sapele Police station, while the victim has been taken to an undisclosed hospital in Sapele for medical attention.
But when contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, said: “for now, we are not aware of any incident like that”.
