Prophet arrested for defiling two minors

A 30 -year-old Prophet of Cherubim and  Seraphim Church, Joseph Ogundeji has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for defiling two minors who are members of his church.

Penpushing reports that, Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a statement, adding that the suspect, a resident of Ajuwon, in Ifo local government area was arrested on the 11th of November 2022, following a complain lodged at Ajuwon divisional headquarters by the father of the two underage girls.

The statement added that, the victims father reported that he discovered that his 16 -year- old daughter was pregnant, and when he inquired to know who is responsible for the pregnancy, it was discovered that the Prophet was the one who impregnated her.

“Upon the report, the DPO Ajuwon division, SP Andrew Akinseye detailed his detectives to effect the arrest of the randy prophet. On interrogation, the Prophet admitted that he actually committed the crime”, Oyeyemi added

Penpushing further reports that, the police spokesman explained that in the course of investigation, it was discovered that the said Prophet did not only had carnal knowledge of the 16 years old girl, but her 13- year-old younger sister  too was defiled by the same prophet.

“The two victims informed the police that whenever they have vigil in the church, the prophet who lives very close to the church will asked them to go and stay in his house after the vigil which always comes to an end around 3 am. They stated further that anytime they stay in the prophet house, he used to give them something to lick, and after licking it, they will sleep off only to wake up and discovered that the prophet had had sex with them”, he added.

Penpushing also reports that, Oyeyemi said when asked why they didn’t inform their parents, the victims informed the police that the suspect threatened to kill anyone of them that let the cat out of the bag.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police,  Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to Anti- Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.