The Ogun State Police Command has a peculiar rape case it is currently handling as a pastor and his wife are said to have colluded to defile a 16-year-old member of their church’s choir.
Although the couple are attributing the crime to work of the devil, the police may have to consider possibilities of a ritual scheme.
The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, noting that the duo have been arrested.
They are Pastor Peter Taiwo of the Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife Elizabeth Taiwo.
A statement by Oyeyemisaid the couple allegedly committed the crime when the girl, name withheld, went to choir practice.
The victim reported the matter to the police.
”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 read in part.
