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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Operatives of the Ekeki Division of the Bayelsà State Police Command have arrested a pastor and his wife for their alleged involvement in the rape of a 13-year-old girl (names withheld) in Yenagoa, the State capital.
During Sunday service, when the Police stormed the church, the congregation was thrown into confusion when the accused pastor escaped through the back door, but he later submitted himself to the Police station following the arrest of his wife.
Investigations revealed that the Pastor allegedly had a canal knowledge of the 13-year-old, who is his wife’s cousin, in the Church premises and at his home.
The Do Foundation, which confirmed the development, stated that the initial interview with the victim showed that the rape occurred five times in November, 2025.
According to the advocacy group, the accused Pastor was alleged to have had canal knowledge of the girl while on errands to deliver the local bread known as Madiga to the Pastor’s wife.
“My mom asked me to deliver ‘Madiga’ to the Pastor’s wife, and she was not around. The pastor asked me to come inside and deliver it. He locked the church door and raped me. I screamed, but he didn’t stop.”
” It happened five times on different occasions whenever my mom sent me to their house. I was afraid to tell my mom. Not until I could no longer see my monthly flow. I told my mom.”
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It was gathered that the mother, who confronted the Pastor and the wife, was persuaded by her sister not to destroy God’s house and was reportedly handed N120,000 to procure an abortion for her child.
Findings indicated that the bubble burst during one of the church services in which the accused pastor and his wife were heard on the Altar thanking God that they had defeated the enemies that are out to bring the husband and the church down.
The Mother of the victim, after the church service, felt pained by the jubilation of the accused Pastor and his wife and proceeded to the Ekeki Police Division to file for an alleged case of rape.
She also contacted the complaint unit of the National Association of Women Against Gender based Violence, led by Dise Ogbise Goddy Harry.
Contacted on the development, the State Commissioner of Police, Iyamah Daniel Edebor, confirmed the development and assured that the Ekeki Division of the command has been directed to transfer the case to the Gender unit at the Police headquarters for proper investigation and prosecution.
