Philips Ogbebor, a pastor in Edo state has
been paraded by the police for allegedly
having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old male
member of his church (names withheld).
The pastor who was paraded alongside other
suspected criminals denied the charge saying
he commits his travails to God.
“God will judge, go and talk to others,”
Ogbebor said.
The victim, however, narrated his ordeal with
the pastor saying, “I told him I have never
done this since I grew up, but he insisted. It
was painful and I told him I will not allow it
again. So after the second attempt, I told him I
will expose the act. He then administered an
oath on me, saying if I ever told any one, I will
die.
“He carried sand and olive oil and poured
them on my head, then he wore black
garment, saying I will die if I ever leaked the
secret. He killed a black fowl and gave me the
liver and gizzard to eat at about 2 a.m.,
threatening that if I ever said it out, I will die
like the fowl.
“But when I realised that it is a sin, I met a
man of God to pray for me that God should
forgive me and that I am ready to expose it
since he forced me. There after I went to the
church and told the congregation about the
act. When he heard it, he threatened me by
sending his younger brother and members of
his gang after me. Since then I have been
running.”
Read the Vanguard Newspapers report below:
The state Police Commissioner, Folusho
Adebanjo, explained that among the
suspects were two suspected cultists believed
to have participated in the recent rival cult
clash in the state and seven suspected
pipeline vandals and operators of illegal
refineries.
Others were two suspected robbers, from
whom a Toyota Camry car they stole at
gunpoint in Kaduna State was recovered; a
suspect who was alleged to have demanded
N20 million ransom from one Joseph with
death threats and three others whom the
police boss said were in possession of
firearms without licence were also paraded.
There was also an alleged case of rape
against two suspects who were said to have
dragged a 20-year-old female victim into
the bush. He also paraded five persons
including a middle aged woman all from
Ojah, Akoko-Edo Local Government council
accused of burning to death, one Funmi
Abiodun on allegation of being a witch
responsible for the death of a relation.
According to him, “the war against
criminality is relentlessly being waged
against men of the underworld. The
command is not leaving any stone unturned
regarding crime and criminality in Edo
State.
“This man who claimed to be a pastor
defiled a young person. Another thing that
is so common here and I don’t know why
this defilement issue is so prevalent.
“I wonder if there is something about it.
You see very old men defiling young girls
who are five years, two years, and so on.
We are not going to tolerate this and cases
of rape are also increasing too but we will
go all out to make sure that they are
convicted.”
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