Pastor Clinton John of Mega World Healing Ministry, located at Giwa Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state has been arrested by the police in the state for raping a minor multiple times and threatening to kill her.

The frightened 16-year-old victim, while narrating her ordeal, told the police she could not speak out because the pastor, who has been raping her since 2022, when she was 14, was always threatening to kill her if she dare speak out.

SP Omolola Odutola, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday night, said the family who reported the incident earlier that day told the police their suspicion was birthed after treating their daughter for reoccurring sexually transmitted infections.

She said the victim frightfully confessed after being persuaded and that the suspect has confessed to the crime.

The state PPRO statement partly read: “A family in Giwa Agbado, Ogun State has reported a case of alleged defilement to the Agbado divisional Police Station that their 16-year-old daughter has been repeatedly treated for reoccurring infections, and exhibited frightful tendencies that made the 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 one Pastor Clinton John ‘m’ aged 43 years old of Mega World Healing Ministry has been fiercely having unlawful carnal knowledge of her since November of 2022.

“The 16-year-old daughter further stated that the Pastor threatened to kill her if she ever revealed the cagey affair to anyone.

“The suspect on interrogation has 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 John will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department Eleweran for discreet investigation.”