Operatives of the Edo state police Command have arrested a pastor, Otobong Emerson, for sexually abusing three siblings, aged six, seven and nine including an 11-year-old girl simply identified as Christabel.
The suspect was said to have repeatedly had carnal knowledge of the kids between December 2019 and February 2020.
The pastor, however, blamed the crime on the devil.
He said, “It is the work of the devil; it pushed me because I just found myself sleeping with the girls. While doing it, I felt guilty every time. So, I decided to approach my General Overseer to confess my sins… It was then he handed me over to the police.”
The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, gave the names of other victims as Doris, Rita and Igbinoba.
He said, “The gender unit investigated a multiple case of defilements against one Pastor Otobong Emerson, aged 48 years of Believers’ Ministry church incorporated, No. 146, Upper Owina, off Evbuotubu, Benin City.
“The suspect made statement and confessed to the crime. The case has been charged to court and the suspect remanded to police custody and to appear in court on adjournment day on June 11, 2020.”
Also, the police have arrested a couple for selling their two-month-old baby to one Felicia Imaguomaruomwan for N300, 000.
The police spokesman said the operatives have recovered the baby and afterwards took him to orphanage home at Oka, Upper Sakponba Road in Benin City for care.
Similarly, Chidi further disclosed that the Command had secured the conviction of one Patrick Ayesen for impregnating his 18-year-daughter.
He said Patrick, 38, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the offence.
