The Edo State Police Command has paraded
26 suspected criminals, including a pastor,
identified as Philips Ogbebor, for allegedly
sodomising a 20-year-old male member of
his church (names withheld).
The police alleged that the pastor also
threatened that his victim would die if he
ever revealed the encounter to other
people.
The state police Commissioner, Folusho
Adebanjo, said the arrest of the pastor and
other suspected criminals that were
paraded on Wednesday, signalled the
commitment of the police to ridding the
state of criminals.
He said, "The war against criminality is
relentlessly being waged against men of
the underworld. The command is not
leaving any stone unturned as regards
crime in Edo state. This man, who claimed
to be a pastor, defiled a young person.
"Another thing that is so common here is
this defilement. You see very old men
defiling young girls of five years, two
years, and so on. We are not going to
tolerate these and all cases of rape."
The command also paraded two suspected
cultists, seven suspected pipeline vandals
and operators of illegal refineries and two
suspected armed robbers, from whom a
Toyota Camry was recovered.
Other suspects paraded were a man who
allegedly demanded N20m ransom and
three others who were said to be in
possession of firearms without license.
A downcast Ogbebor, however, declined to
speak on the allegation against him. He
said, "God will judge, go and talk to others."
However, his alleged victim said, "I told him
I have never done it when we did it the
first time. After the second time, I decided
to stop it because it was paining me. But he
forced me to take an
oath that if I ever told
anyone, I would die."
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