Ogun Police Arrest Pastor ‘Who Raped 19-year-old Girl During Deliverance Session’

According to the police command in Ogun, Matthew Oladapo, pastor of Life and Power Bible Church in Ogijo, has been detained for allegedly raping a 19-year-old female during a deliverance session.

According to the authorities, the lady said that the cleric told her she had a “spirit husband” at a church service on Sunday.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Ogun police spokeswoman, said Oladapo advised the girl to fast for three nights and pray in the church for “complete deliverance.”

The victim was also reported to have been asked to bring N1,000 and anointing oil to the prayer session by the clergyman.

According to an Ogun police spokeswoman, the pastor led the victim to a chamber within the church on the first night of the prayer and requested her to remove her clothes.

“The pastor was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the victim who reported that while attending the church service on the 20th of February 2022, the pastor told her that he saw a vision that she is having a spiritual husband which she needs to be delivered of,” the statement reads.

“She stated further that the pastor told her she will undergo three nights of fasting and prayer in the church for total deliverance.

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“In addition, she was asked to come to the church with a N1,000 and anointing oil. But on the first night of the fasting and prayer, she was taken to a room within the church where the pastor ordered her to pull off her clothes and undies and lay down on a piece of cloth on the floor which she obeyed.

“While lying on the floor, the pastor started rubbing the anointing oil on her body and inserted his finger into her private part. When she protested, the pastor pinned her down, covered her mouth and forcefully had sex with her with the claim that it is the only way to break bond between her and the spirit husband.”