A pastor who raped a woman with eight-month pregnancy, Festus James, has confessed to the alleged crime.
The act happened while he was said to be carrying out a deliverance in Ore, Ondo State.
He said he did not know what came over him, according to the state police command.
Spokesperson for th police in Ondo, Funmi Odunlami, said, “On the 13th November, 2021, one Festus James ‘m’ from Ibadan in Oyo State went to Agbabu village via Ore, claimed to be a Prophet and that the Holy Spirit directed him to have a 3 days Holy Ghost Revival in a Church in the village.
The next day, the prophet claimed to have seen a vision concerning a 22 years old lady who was 8 months pregnant and told her to wait behind after the programme.
She took the pregnant lady into one of the rooms in the mission house under the guise of delivering her from an evil spirit and had carnal knowledge of her.
The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime.”
