Pastor defiles minor in Ogun
By Bukola Olajide, Abeokuta
06 January 2024 |
11:02 pm
A 43-year-old pastor, Clinton Oscar John, of Mega World Healing Ministry have been arrested for defiling a 16-year-old. The girl's family in Giwa Agbado area of Ogun State reported the defilement case at the Agbado divisional police station. According to the parents, their daughter has been repeatedly treated for recurring infections. She also exhibited frightful…

A 43-year-old pastor, Clinton Oscar John, of Mega World Healing Ministry have been arrested for defiling a 16-year-old. The girl’s family in Giwa Agbado area of Ogun State reported the defilement case at the Agbado divisional police station.
According to the parents, their daughter has been repeatedly treated for recurring infections. She also exhibited frightful tendencies that made her parents suspicious that their daughter may have been involved in sexual intercourse but concealing the identity of the person.
The parents persuaded their daughter who later confessed that Pastor John has been fiercely having unlawful carnal knowledge of her since November of 2022.
The girl further stated that the pastor threatened to kill her if she ever revealed the cagey affair to anyone. The suspect was thus arrested by the men of Agbado police station.
The suspect on interrogation confessed to the crime and admitted that time after time he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the 16-year-old.
The victim has been issued with medical forms for treatment and examination.
Pastor Clinton Oscar will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran for discreet investigation, the police stated.
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