Pastor Allegedly Defiles Teenager During Deliverance Service

A pastor of Christ In All Nations in Adalemo Estate, simply identified as Sunday, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl during a three-day deliverance service in the church.

According to The Punch, the Lagos State Police Command revealed that the incident happened in Adalemo Estate, Toll Gate area, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

Upon his arrest by the Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, it was gathered that the pastor reportedly took advantage of the girl, Kike (not real name), who had been ill and brought to him for deliverance prayer.

The pastor has been subsequently transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba for further investigation.

Trouble started when the victim’s mother became apprehensive after she did not hear from her daughter for some days since she had left the house.

The landlord of the pastor was said to have reported the anomaly to the Police before the teenager’s rescue was effected.

It was after she had been taken to a hospital that a medical test confirmed her rape status and the pastor was thereafter arrested.

“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,” a Police source informed.

Kike and her mother were later referred to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for further action.

Lola Viviour-Adeniyi, coordinator of the response team, said they have 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.”

While also confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, said: “The police have arrested the suspect, and the matter has also been transferred to the SDCI, Yaba.’’