It was the devil” were the
first four words that came out of the mouth of 42-year-old Segun Olawale, a
pastor who has been accused and being held by the Ogun State Police Command for
raping his church member on Monday, August 11, 2014 in his church office at
Sabo, Ijebu-ode, Ogun State.
According to Olawale, he
did not know what came over him on this particular fateful Monday morning
during a prayer session for the rap e victim, a 32-year-old woman who was
persuaded by her mother (also his church member) to meet with him for
counselling and deliverance.
He said if it was not the
devil that was behind his action, s ex was one of the things he had little or
no crave for at all in life. He also told our correspondent that it was a trap
that was set for him to fall and could not explain what happened.
“I don’t like s ex and I
really don’t know how to explain how it happened. There was nobody there except
God and me. I was in the church for my usual prayer and counselling session
with some members when she was brought to me for prayers and deliverance,” he
said.
But while the prayer
session was going on, Olawale explained that he could not explain how he
stripped the victim naked and forced her to sleep with him. He said it was an
action he would live to regret all his life.
When pressed further on how
the incident happened, he said, “It happened on August 11, 2014 in the church
around 10am. The name of my church is Sacred Order Church in Sabo, Ijebu-ode.
Her mother, who is also my church member, brought her to meet with me for
deliverance. She is around 32 years old. I really don’t know what overpowered me
to make her sleep with me.
“I was about leaving the
church that day when her mother brought her to me for prayers. I was about
going back home from the church. I did not know why her mother wanted to
destroy my life.
She told me she was being
brought from her father and that they had a vision about her. I was not the
person who saw the vision.
“As she was brought in, I
prayed for her and gave her some anointing water. That’s all. Some people were
in the church, we were in my office; it was when I was praying for her in my
office that it happened. I cannot say how it happened.”
When asked if the victim
would be the first Olawale would ever rap e or sleep with in the church, he
said he had never rap ed anybody before, and that he just started ministry two
years ago. He added that he had prayed for so many women and nothing ever
happened.
According to him, he only
wanted to solve the problems of the young woman. However, he ended up
compounding the victim’s problems.
On how he was arrested, our
correspondent learned that the victim told her mother after the incident and
then they informed the police.
Olawale said, “Nobody else
was there with us. I don’t want this to spread. The police invited me to come
to their office and I was arrested. I cannot say what the lady’s problems were
but I was asked to pray for her which was what I did. She too is a member of the
church.
“In everything we do, we
should remember the future. I just started the ministry. I started two years
ago. I am 42 years old, I am still single. That was the first woman I would
sleep with in the church. I have never done that before, that was the first
woman I would rap e. She was not the first woman I would pray for, yet nothing
like that ever happened to me.”
The spokesperson for the
Ogun State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said it was unfortunate that some
religious leaders were using their positions and influence to take advantage of
some of their members. He advised both members and leaders of religious
organisations to be cautious.
He said, “It is quite
unfortunate that somebody of his calibre should engage in such act. But we will
do everything possible to make sure justice is done. We are also using this
case as a point of reference to religious leaders out there who take advantage
of their members to take a clue from this. It is embarrassing for such a thing
to happen. We want to tell all potential rapists, whether they are religious
leaders or not, to steer clear of this dirty act.”
dat devil would come and slap ur mouth for lying
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