A 16-year-old girl is allegedly carrying a 7-month-old pregnancy for her 56 years old father who is a Church Prophet in the Idanre area of Ondo State.
The suspect, Prohet Taiwo
A 56-years-old father, Prophet Taiwo Oluboyode, who owns a white garment church in Odode, in the Idanre area of Ondo State, has impregnated his 16-year-old daughter, who is allegedly carrying a 7-month-old pregnancy.
Speaking exclusively to Vanguard, some residents in the agrarian community, disclosed that the cleric who confessed to interrogators that he was tempted by the devil to commit the act, must have carried out the act “to renew his spiritual power.”
It was gathered that the cleric who is currently in police custody, is popular and his church, located at Oke-Ijebu Street, Odode, Idanre, always records high traffic of miracle-seeking worshippers from far and near on a regular basis.
Sources close to the church revealed that the prophet is a specialist in bathing women in streams to ward off evil spirits and those tormented by spiritual husbands, who prevent them from getting married or having babies.
Reports had it that the prophet lives alone with her daughter after the wife left him years back. It was learned that efforts by the estranged wife to take her daughter along with her were rebuffed by the suspect, who insisted he needed her around to run errands and take care of him in the interim.
A family source hinted that the suspect had refused to re-marry after the wife left and had preferred sleeping with his daughter instead. It was unclear if the victim raised any alarm over her defilement by her father, but neighbours said that the girl was always keeping to herself.
It was learned that the victim stopped going to school when signs that she is pregnant was becoming evident. Her school mates, who came to the house to ask after her, were informed by the father that she had travelled to Lagos to continue her studies.
A Police source said that when the victim took in and informed the suspect, he allegedly gave her some concoctions to terminate the pregnancy. The attempt, it was learned, failed.
Detectives also revealed that the only words uttered by the suspect was “it was temptation and the work of the devil.”
The church is presently under lock and key, while other leaders and members of the church have gone underground for fear of arrest.