Justice Prevails! 54-Year-Old Pastor Arrested For Raping 9-Year-Old Girl


Pastor went on to deny the allegation claiming that he only appealed to the girl’s mother not to purnish her

Lagos state Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old Pastor, Udoh Okoh on the charges of rape. He was allegedly arrested for raping a 9-year-old girl. Okon, the Pastor of Christ Abiding Church, Bankole Street, Famous Bus Stop, Shomolu was arrested by the gender section of the command yesterday following a case of defilement filed by the victim’s mother, Peace Effiong. According to Police Commissioner, Edgal, the woman reported that she noticed her daughter was acting strangely. Edgal added that she checked the child on April 13 while she was sleeping and saw semen coming out of her private part. Following the discovery, The woman woke up her child to question her. The child revealed that it was Okon that has been consistently raping her since last year. The woman went further to explain all the ordeals her child went through with Okon, She said, “The little girl went further to reveal that it was in the pastor’s wife’s shop at the aforementioned address that she was defiled. Medical examination showed that the victim’s hymen had been ruptured long ago, an indication that the suspect has been having carnal knowledge of her for a long time. Investigation into this case is in progress.”
The Pastor went on to deny the allegation claiming that he only appealed to the girl’s mother not to purnish her. Okon said, “I and few people went to the woman’s shop and saw her daughter kneeling down with blocks on her hands and she was crying. I asked what happened and her mother said somebody told her that whenever the child came to the compound, someone used to make love to her. Our shops are not far from each other. I begged the woman to forgive the child and that she should not punish her publicly anymore. She did not listen to me and so, I left them and went to my own shop. I am surprised they said I defiled her. The child could be my granddaughter. There was a day she came to my shop and I asked her to assist me in carrying empty crates. I sell non-alcoholic beverages. She helped me carry the crates to my other shop and kept them outside. That was all.”Photo Credit: Getty

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