Ogun Pastor Allegedly Rapes Teenage Church Member During Deliverance Session (Photo)

A pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church Ogijo, Mathew Oladapo, has been arrested for “forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of the church during a deliverance session.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

He said the victim reported that the cleric told her during a church service last Sunday that she had a “spirit husband” and needed an urgent deliverance to exorcise her.

The suspect was said to have told the victim to subject herself to three nights of fasting and prayer in the church.

“On the first night of the fasting and prayer, the woman 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.”

Oyeyemi stated that, “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 was the only way to break the bond between her and the spirit husband.”

After her report, the DPO of Ogijo division, CSP Onatufe Umoh was said to have detailed detectives to the scene, where the pastor was arrested.

Oyeyemi disclosed that the said pastor, while being interrogated, “confessed to the crime, but claimed to have been overwhelmed by a spirit.”

Meanwhile, Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State CIID, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for further investigation and diligent prosecution.