Wednesday May 28, 2025|
The Police have arrested a 45-year-old pastor of a new generation church simply identified as Lucky for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in Ihuaje community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The suspect was reportedly arrested by members of a local security outfit, the ‘ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee ( OSPAC)
The Commander of OSPAC in Ahoada East LGA, Precious Ihuruzu was said to have led his men to the community after receiving reports of the incident, picked the suspect and handed him over to the Ahoada Police Division.
A member of the association Against Child Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Dennis Otobo, said he received a call from the gender desk of the State Ministry of Health about the case.
Otobo said: “In the course of my investigation, I got to know that one Pastor Lucky who is also proprietor of a group of schools in Ihuaje community in Ahoada East has been having sexual affairs with a 10-year-old girl in his care.
“This got to the knowledge of the parents. When the parents visited her on that Saturday in the Pastor’s house, the girl now informed them of what she has been going through. That anytime he had affairs with her, he would give her N500 to keep quiet.
“Her parents immediately took the girl to the hospital where they did preliminary investigation. On that level, I decided to call the Divisional Police Officer for assistance and arrest.
“It was in the evening that the DPO told me that they should come on Sunday and that he was going to handle the case professionally. Truly he did that because as we are talking, the man (pastor) is in Ahoada Police station, Ahoada East”.
When contacted, Rivers police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the Pastor’s arrest and said it followed a complaint of alleged defilement by parents of the girl.
