Pastor Segun Alawode, 37, of Eternal Sacred Order
C & S Church Sabo, Odogbolu, Ogun State, for
raping a 32-year-old lady in his church premises at
Odogbolu Ogun State.The victim alleged that the
pastor was in a prayer session with her when he
asked her (victim) to hold on to some candle stick
and suddenly and forcefully pulled off her wears
before he eventually had carnal knowledge of her in
the church.
The anti-crime team attached to Odogbolu Division
of Ogun State Command apprehended him when the
victim and her relations stormed the Police Division
to notify the Divisional Police Officer of the pastor's
misdeeds and to seek justice through the police.
According to the state's police spokesman, Muyiwa
Adejobi, "the matter is currently at the Anti Human
Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the
Department of Criminal Investigation, Abeokuta
and medical reports so far received on the matter
confirmed that the pastor actually committed the
offence and hec has confessed to the crime. The
matter will soon be charged to court."
In another development, the mobile anti crime
patrol team deployed to the Lagos/Ibadan
expressway arrested two suspected robbers at Danco
filling station along the expressway on Monday at
about 11.40 pm while blocking the expressway in an
attempt to rob commuters and road users of their
belongings.
The suspects arrested are Usman Sunday, 28, of
Sabo Dantajira area of Sagamu and Richard
Olabode, 27, of the same address.
Usman, who hails from Apa Local Government
Area in Benue State, is married with two children,
and attended Agbele Community High School,while
Richard who hails from Ire, Osun State attended
Methodist Comprehensive College, Sagamu and a
drop-out of the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology,University of Calabar.
Items recovered from them include one locally-made
pistol, live and expended cartridges, a sharp knife,
cutlasses, hand gloves and assorted charms.
The suspects were said to have been handed over to
the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Sagamu
Division, CSP Adebowale Lawal, for preliminary
investigation before the matter will be transferred to
the Department of Criminal Investigation,
Eleweran, Abeokuta as directed by the
Commissioner of Police Ogun State CP Ikemefuna
Okoye.
Meantime, the CP has condemned the criminal act
of the pastor who was involved in a rape case. He
further directed that the pastor be charged to court
without delay for such will serve as deterrent to other
rapists particularly "men of God"who are fond of
engaging themselves in criminal acts.
CP Okoye also commended the anti crime patrol
team along the ever busy Lagos/Ibadan road for
arresting the armed robbers who terrorize innocent
Nigerians on the said expressway.
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