A 29-year-old pastor (name withheld) standing trial for
allegedly molesting and impregnating his senior pastor’s daughter in
Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has run away to establish his own church.
It was gathered that the pastor whose case had just been
transferred from the Ekiti State Magistrate Court to the state High Court was
granted bail in July after being remanded in detention for about three months
due to his inability to meet his initial bail conditions.
The new church, which he started in Ikoyi area of
Ikere-Ekiti was said to attract a lot of people, having succeeded in taking
away many members of the church where he pulled out.
The girl, Oluwadamilola who until her ordeal was an SS1
student of a high school in Ikere-Ekiti, gave birth to a baby boy on May 26,
while the man was still in detention, over the matter.
Damilola’s mother said the father of the young pastor had
entered a written agreement with the parents of the girl in March this year,
promising that they would take care of the girl and her pregnancy but the
alleged lackadaisical attitude of the pastor thereafter compelled the girl’s
parents to report the case to the police.
According to sources, the embattled pastor had been
organizing revival programmes and crusade, calling members of the public who
were not aware of his atrocities to come for miracles.
It was gathered that the middle-aged pastor was married, and
this was the reason he hurriedly left the church in September last year when he
realized the girl was pregnant and warned her not to let anybody know.
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