Prince Woke
The Organised Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, formerly known as ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers state, under the office of the Chief Security Officer of the Council, Hector Ekeakita, on Tuesday, May 27th 2025, arrested one Mr Lucky (surname withheld), a Pastor of one of Nigeria’s mega Pentecostal churches with National headquarters located in Lagos, for allegedly defiling a ten-year-old girl in Ihuaje community in the LGA, Newsnowng gathered.
We learnt that the OSPAC commander in Ahoada East LGA, Precious Ihuruzu, led his personnel to Ihuaje community on Tuesday, where the Pastor who is in charge of the branch of the Pentecostal church in the community was arrested and handed over to Ahoada Police station
In an interview with Journalists, Denis Otobo, a member of the association against child, sexual and gender based violence said “On Saturday, I got a call from the gender desk officer of ministry of health that she had a reported case of child abuse in Ahoada East and she want me to follow up, which I did.
“In the course of my investigation, I got to know that one Pastor Lucky (surname withheld), who is also proprietor of a group of private schools in Ihuaje community in Ahoada East, has been having sexual affairs with a ten-year-old girl under his custody.
“This got to the parents’ knowledge when the parents visited her on that Saturday in the pastor’s house, and the girl now informed them of what she had been going through. Anytime he had affairs with her, he would give her 500 naira to keep quiet. Her parents immediately took the girl to the hospital, where they did a preliminary investigation.
“On that level, I decided to call the DPO for assistance and arrest. It was on Saturday evening, the DPO told me that they should come on Sunday, that he is going to handle the case professionally, and truly he did that because as we are talking, the man(suspect) is in Ahoada Police station, Ahoada East”.
The Gender advocate commended the DPO of Ahoada Police Division, the Chief Security Officer of Ahoada East LGA,Hector Ekeakita and rights activist,Prince Wiro,National Coordinator of Centre for Basic Rights for their various roles in ensuring arrest of the suspect(Pastor).
He called on the Police to carry out a thorough investigation and added that if the suspect is found culpable,he should be arraigned in court for diligent prosecution.
The Public Relations Officer for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko, confirmed the arrest of the Pastor on complaint of alleged defilement made by parents of the child.SP Koko stated that the investigation is ongoing.
