SAN FRANCISCO, August 10, (THEWILL) – The Founder and General Overseer of The Church of Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, Ogun State is in police custody for allegedly defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters, a 13 and 16-year-old.
The suspect, identified as Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotolwa, was arrested following a report at the Lafenwa Police Station by the mother of the victims.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while briefing journalists on the incident, also stated that the suspect defrauded the victims of the sum of N2 million cash under the false pretense of helping them to eliminate terminal sickness and other afflictions. He also confirmed that the cleric in his desperate attempt to evade justice took the victims to an undisclosed private clinic and procured abortion for them.
Oyeyemi stated that though the suspect initially evaded arrest, he was eventually apprehended on August 6 at about 5:00am.
According to him, assorted dangerous charms were recovered from the suspect who has also confessed to the crime.
He said: “The suspect was arrested following a report by the mother of the victims who reported at Lafenwa police station that she fell sick sometime in 2018 and was taken to the church for spiritual healing.
“She stated further that the pastor took advantage of her sickness and asked her entire family of six to move into the church premises to avoid being afflicted with the same sickness. There and then, the prophet started having sex with her daughters of 16 years and 13 years of age unknown to her.
“The pastor impregnated the two under-aged girls and went on to procure abortion for them in a private clinic. Aside from this, the prophet also defrauded the family of N2 million cash which he took for what he called spiritual cleansing.
“Upon the report, the DPO Lafenwa Division, CSP Muraina Ayilara, led his men to the church but the place was deserted.
“The CP then directed that the suspect be hunted for and brought to book. In compliance with the CP’s directive, the DPO and his men embarked on intelligence and technical based investigation, and their efforts paid off when the prophet was arrested on the 6th of August 2020 at about 5:00am.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of most of the allegations leveled against him and that it was the reason why he ran away when he heard that police were looking for him.”
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