A 43-year-old pastor named Clinton John has been apprehended by the Ogun police command for the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in the Agbado area of Ota LGA in the state.
Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this development on Saturday, noting that the victim’s family reported the incident to the Agbado divisional police station.
The suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation.
“The family reported that their daughter had been repeatedly treated for recurring infections and exhibited frightful tendencies that made them suspect that she might have been involved in sexual intercourse.
“But she was concealing the identity of the person as the parents needed to persuade her and she later confessed that one John, a pastor of Mega Healing Ministry, had fiercely been having carnal knowledge of her, since November 2022.
“Their daughter further stated that the pastor threatened to kill her if she ever revealed the cagey affair to anyone,” the police said as reported by NAN.
Odutola mentioned that the victim has been provided with medical care and examination forms, while the suspect is set to be transferred to the state criminal investigation department in Abeokuta for thorough investigation.
