Pastor arrested for defiling church member’s twin daughters

Police sources are reported as saying the 54-year-old man of God is married with four children and lives in the same compound with the parents of his victims in Ago palace way in Okota, Lagos state.

According to lindaikejisblog.com, Oliseh and his victims fathers, Okoro, got close after he employed his services.

The borehole driller cum pastor contracted Okoro to be his transporter since he owned a bus. The pastor gradually became a family friend and invited them to his church.

Reports say in 2017, Okoro's wife travelled on a business trip and the clergymen started sleeping in their home.

One of the victims said the pastor threatened to withdraw his help for the family if she declined to have sex with him.

“He started to rape me last year. He used to come to sleep in our house. He said there was heat in his apartment. So, while my twin sister and I would sleep on the floor, he used to sleep on the bed with my father. While my dad slept, he would come to the floor and sleep with me. He has done it many times. He put his male reproductive organ in my private parts. He threatened that if I told my father, he would not take him to work again. He and my father eat and work together, and they both sleep on the same bed,” the minor said.

Chidera, the victims’ mother is also reported as saying the pastor’s sexual abuse of her daughters only came to light after an elderly man spotted him pulling down the pants of the second victim, ostensibly to have sex with her.

She has been quoted as saying: “On that Thursday, my daughter did not go to school; she was alone in the compound. Mike (Oliseh) came and chased her. The girl ran into the backyard to hide. He went there and started pulling her pants; the girl shouted. An elderly woman, who came for omugo (the Igbo practice of female parents tendering their daughters’ new-born babies) in our compound and was in the room, saw him.

“When she opened the door, Mike quickly brought out a phone and pretended to be speaking to my husband on the telephone. He said he wanted to give my daughter something, but she was not ready to collect it. He then put his phone in his pocket and left. The woman, who observed that he did not dial any number on the phone before putting it to his ear, called my husband to ask the children what his friend had been doing to them. That was how the secret was blown open. He slept with my first daughter regularly, but had only succeeded in inserting his fingers into the private parts of my second daughter.” the mother said

“I trusted him because I thought that he was a man of God. I have a bus and whenever he had a borehole drilling job, I used the vehicle to take the equipment to site. He would pay me for the service. He also took my family to his church. Also, whenever my wife travelled, I would take my children to his wife’s place in Ikotun. Whenever I cooked, we would eat together from the same plate. I never suspected anything. Even when it was noticed the first time, I doubted it. However, when he agreed to it and said what he did was little, I became weak.”

The case was reported at the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender and the victims were referred to the Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja for medical examination.

A social worker reportedly said that a test conducted on the victims confirmed they had been defiled.

The state police command spokesperson, Chike Oti who confirmed the arrest of the man of God said he would be processed for court once investigations are done.

Pastor arrested for defiling church member’s twin daughters

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