‘Pastor’ arrested for conniving with wife to rape choir member

One Peter Taiwo, who claims to be a Pastor and the founder of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been arrested by the state Police Command for allegedly conniving with his wife, Elizabeth, to rape a 16-year-old choir member of the church.

According to the state police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, Taiwo and the wife were on Friday for allegedly defiling the 16-year-old against her will.

In a statement confirming the arrest of the couple, Oyeyemi said the incident was reported at the the Adatan Division of the Command and the DPO, SP Salaudeen Abiodun, detailed detectives to the scene, where the randy pastor and his wife were apprehended.

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“The couple were arrested on Friday following a complaint lodged at Adatan divisional police headquarters by the victim.

“In her statement, the victim told the police that while she was in the church for choir practice, the pastor’s wife instructed her to go and meet him in their room because the pastor wanted to send her on errand.

“As soon as she got into the room, the pastor’s wife locked the door from outside; the pastor overpowered her, and forcefully had sex with her.

“She also told the police that the pastor’s wife later came in after her husband had satisfied himself and met her crying and told her to stop crying as she is now a woman. The pastor’s wife then warned the victim never to tell anybody what happened or else she will die.

“On interrogation, the couple confessed to the crime but blamed the devil for it. They also pleaded for forgiveness from the victim,” Oyeyemi said.

Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation, with the view to charging them to court as soon as investigation is concluded.