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Oluwabukola Akinjobi
Men of Ogun state police command have arrested Tayo Shobowale a 50- year-old prophet in-change of Cherubim and Seraphim Oke-Igbala Ifo Ogun State for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old member of the Church (name withheld).
The suspect was arrested on Thursday following a report lodged at the family support unit of Ota area command by the victim.
She was accompanied by her mother to the station, and reported that, sometime in March 2021 , the prophet invited her to the church for prayer, and that the prophet took advantage of being alone with him in the church to forcefully have unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
The Police Public Relations Officer in a statement on Thursday said the victim further stated that, after the illicit affair, the prophet ordered her to take a spiritual bath in the church with an already spritually prepared candle, which he used to rub all over her body.
Oyeyemi stated that the said, since then, she has been complaining of having spritual attacks which always make her to fall down and remain unconscious for hours.
The PPRO said “upon the report, the Area Commander Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, detailed his family support unit to the scene where the randy prophet was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect initially denied the allegations, but when he was confronted by the victim, it was very difficult for him to absolve himself of the allegations”.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered a thorough investigation of the case and that the suspect be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
