Culled from Vanguard
The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded 26 suspected criminals
including a pastor identified as Philips Ogbebor, alleged to have had
carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old male member of his church (names
withheld).
After the act, the pastor allegedly threatened to kill his victim if he disclosed the act to the public.
While speaking to us, Pastor Ogbebor simply said: "God will judge, go and talk to others" and kept on mumbling.
But his victim narrated his ordeal: "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."
In related news,
The state Police Commissioner, Folusho Adebanjo, explained that among
the suspects, there 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.
Also
paraded were 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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