The Ogun Police Command says it has arrested a 43-year-old pastor, Clinton John, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) at the Agbado area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Ota on Saturday.

Ms Odutola explained that a family at Giwa Agbado reported an alleged defilement of their 16-year-old girl by Mr John at the Agbado Divisional Police Station.

“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 PPRO added.

She further stated that the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to the crime and admitted that he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl.

According to Ms Odutola, the rape survivor has been issued medical forms for treatment and examination, while the suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for a discreet investigation.

(NAN)