According to Punch, Sunday,
the pastor of “Christ For All Nations” Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the
Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, from where he was taken to
the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
The pastor, Abraham Sunday
was arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in
Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
It was gathered that Kike,
who was ill, had been taken by the pastor to a house in Adalemo Estate on
August 28 for deliverance prayer when the incident occurred.
It was learnt that the
victim’s mother, who said Sunday was a family friend, became apprehensive after
she did not hear from her daughter.
The matter was said to have
been reported to the police by the landlord of the house where Sunday allegedly
camped the teenager to rape her.
A police source told our
correspondent that after Kike was rescued, she was taken to a hospital, where a
medical test confirmed that she had been raped. The pastor was thereafter
arrested.
He said, “The pastor was
like a foster father to the girl. She was ill and had gone to a hospital in the
area. While returning from the hospital, she boarded the same bus with the
pastor, who said he would take her to a place for prayers.
“Since the suspect was a
family friend, she did not doubt him. So, they went to the pastor’s apartment,
where he camped and raped her for three days. The victim’s mother did not even
know about the deliverance prayer.
“On Monday, the landlord
and some neighbours got suspicious of the pastor’s arrangement with the
teenager and they alerted a non-governmental organisation in the area, which in
turn invited the police. The girl was rescued and rushed to a hospital, where a
medical test confirmed rape. The suspect was arrested immediately.”
Our correspondent learnt
that Kike and her mother were thereafter referred to the Lagos State Domestic
and Sexual Violence Response Team and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty
Alleviation.
The DSVRT Coordinator, Lola
Viviour-Adeniyi, said the team had taken up the rehabilitation of the victim.
She said, “It was an NGO,
Rubies Ink, that brought the matter to our attention.
“The girl was taken away
for prayer. She was in the pastor’s house at the Adalemo area for three days,
and during that period, he raped her.
“The DSVRT reached out to
the victim’s mother, but she maintained that she would not pursue any case.
While admitting that the pastor defiled her daughter, the mother said the
pastor had a three-month-old baby, and she did not want him to be jailed.
“However, we informed the
police at Ojokoro division that the state government was interested in the
matter.
“This prompted the transfer
of the suspect to the SDCI, Yaba.
“At present, the girl is
undergoing treatment. She was taken to the Mirabel Centre.”
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the pastor’s arrest.
She said, “The police have
arrested the suspect, and the matter has also been transferred to the SDCI,
Yaba.’’
Punch
Walahi some men are really sick.
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