The Pastor of a popular pentecostal church branch simply identified as Lucky who allegedly defiled a ten year old girl in Ihuaje community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers state was transferred from Ahoada Police Division to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department(SCIID),PortHarcourt on Friday afternoon,30th May,2025 on directive of Commissioner of Police in the state,CP Olugbenga Adepoju for detailed investigation, we can authoritatively report.
The Organized Security Planning and Advisory Committee,OSPAC in Ahoada East led by its commander,Precious Ihuruzu had on Tuesday,27th May 2025 arrested Pastor Lucky who is also a school proprietor at Ihuaje community and handed him over to Ahoada Police Division.
Confirming the development,Prince Wiro,National Coordinator of Centre for Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign,one of the rights advocate monitoring the case said the suspect,(Pastor),the alleged victim(ten year old girl) and her parents were brought to SCIID,PH on Friday afternoon with the case file where the matter was transferred to.
Mr Wiro called for unbiased investigation.
He said “we can confirm the transfer of the case to SCIID PH.We demand an unbiased investigation into the alleged defilement of the ten year old girl by the Pastor.Let the investigation by the investigators at SCIID be concluded on time and if the Pastor is found culpable in course of investigation,he should be arraigned in court to face trial.We equally demand adequate protection for the alleged victim and her parents by the Police”.
A gender and child’s rights advocate,Otobo Denis in an earlier interview with Journalists had narrated how the teenage girl was allegedly given five hundred naira by the Pastor anytime he(Pastor) had carnal knowledge of the minor.
Public Relations Officer of the Rivers state Police Command,SP Grace Iringe Koko har earlier confirmed the arrest of the Pastor while adding that investigation is ongoing.
