Detectives attached to the Delta State
Police Command, Asaba, on Thursday arrested the General Overseer of a
church (name withheld) for allegedly raping a seven-year-old daughter of
his member.
The police spokesperson in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said the suspect’s church was along Ibusa Road, Koka, Asaba.
She said the victim was allegedly lured into the church office with the intention of praying for her.
It was in the course of prayers that she was raped.
It was gathered that the victim could not keep the incident to herself, hence she cried to her parents on the matter.
Her parents were said to have taken her
to the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba, where it was confirmed that she
had been raped after discovery of bruises in her private parts.
Kalu said the matter was reported at the
police headquarters, where detectives were assigned to investigate the
matter, adding that upon investigation, the suspect was arrested and he
confessed to the crime.