In Ondo, 56-year-old pastor arrested for raping  pregnant woman

Festus James, 56, was arrested by men from the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly rapping a 22-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant under the guise of delivering her from an evil spirit.

“On the 13th November, 2021, one Festus James’m’ from Ibadan in Oyo State went to Agbabu village via Ore, claimed to be a Prophet, and that the Holy Spirit directed him to have a 3 days Holy Ghost Revival in a Church in the village,” Bolaji Salami said yesterday at the command headquarters.

“The next day, the prophet claimed to have seen a vision about a 22-year-old pregnant woman and told her to stay behind after the program. She took the pregnant woman into one of the mission house’s rooms under the guise of delivering her from an evil spirit and had carnal knowledge of her.”

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Salami, who spoke through the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, also showed off five other suspects who were arrested for rape, unlawful possession of a military uniform, impersonation, burglary, and stealing.

According to him, the command also arrested Lasisi Isiaka, a 65-year-old man, for allegedly being in the position of a human skull.

“On the 10th of November, 2021, in Ondo’s Yaba Division. Two men were seen digging a grave inside Anglican Cathedral Church, Surulere, Oke-Aluko cemetery and packing objects suspected to be human parts into a bag, according to an anonymous call.

“As soon as the Division’s officers arrived on the scene, they discovered Lasisi Isiaka, who, upon seeing the officers, increased his pace and walked into a house opposite the cemetery with a sack bag. The officers pursued him, searched the sack, and discovered a dry human skull inside.” He couldn’t explain why he did what he did or why he had the skull in his possession.

“On the 12th of November 2021, police officers on patrol along the Benin/Lagos road intercepted a sienna bus with registration number UWN 505 ZL, driven by one Tochukwu Obasi’m’. In the vehicle was discovered a black sack containing ten pairs of military camouflage trousers, eight pairs of military camouflage jackets, nine pairs of military knee cap protectors, and nine pairs of military face caps.

“On the 23rd of October, 2021, a case of stealing was reported by a resident of Ijapo extension, who observed that her house had been burgled by unknown thieves and that part of her valuables had been carted away after she returned from a business trip,” Salami wrote. Two laptops worth N545,000, a headset worth N44,000, a clipper worth N86,000, and jewelries worth N4 million were among the items stolen, according to her.

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“Upon receiving this complaint, Police Detectives in the area arrested the duo of Oluwasuyi Oluwadamilola’m’ and Ismail Nasiru’m’ through intelligence gathering, and parts of the jewelries and two laptops were recovered from the suspects.”

“Also, on the 29th of October, 2021, own troops deployed for ex-still waters at Okitipupa arrested one Lawal Taiwo’m’ of No. 1 Togbe Street, Agege, Lagos, who falsely paraded himself as a Military personnel fully dressed in military woodland camouflage, claiming that after several failed attempts to join the Military, he became frustrated and started parading himself as a member of the Armed Forces,” Salami added.

The revivalist told Journalists that he had sex with the 22-year-old woman but did not rape her, and that he had no idea what had come over him while committing the heinous act.