Pastor arrested for raping teenage church member in Ogun

File picture: A rape victim

The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Mathew Oladapo, for raping a 19-year-old member of his church.

Oladapo, who is a pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church Ogijo in the Sagamu area of Ogun State, was arrested after he allegedly raped the teenager while performing a deliverance procedure on the victim, who he claimed has a spiritual husband.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.

Oyeyemi said the pastor was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo Divisional Headquarters by the victim.

The police spokesperson stated: “She reported that the pastor told her during the church Sunday service on February 20, 2022, that he saw a vision that she is having a spiritual husband which she needs to be delivered of. And that she will undergo three nights of fasting and prayer in the church for total deliverance.

“She was also asked to come to the church with N1,000 notes and anointing oil.

“But on the first night of the fasting and prayer, she was taken to a room within the church where the pastor ordered her to pull off her clothes and undies and lay down on a piece of cloth on the floor which she obeyed.

“While lying on the floor, the Pastor started rubbing the anointing oil on her body and inserted his finger into her private part.

“When she protested, the pastor pinned her down, covered her mouth and forcefully had sex with her with the claim that it is the only way to break the bond between her and the spirit husband.”

Oyeyemi added: “Upon the report, the DPO, Ogijo Division, CSP Onatufe Umoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy pastor was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed to have been overwhelmed by spirit.”

He noted that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

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