Regret has now become a companion of a zonal pastor of a popular Pentecostal church in Benin City, Edo State, Emerson Otobong, accused of defiling five minors.
The 48-year-old pastor from Akwa Ibom State is married with five children and two of them were preparing to secure admission into the university. His first child who is 18 years old would rather keep mum over her father’s travail.
Elizabeth said, “Nobody visits us except the church woman leader who called me on the phone to encourage me. I couldn’t even call his mother to inform her of what is happening because if I do, she will collapse and die. His father died recently and he has not been buried. The burial was earlier fixed for April but it was postponed for two months because of COVID-19. They are waiting for Emerson before they could bury him because he is the first and only son of the family.
He spoke for few minutes more, quoted a Bible verse and later faced the Investigating Police Officer, saying, “Please take me back to my cell. I know this is between me and God. He will do justice to whoever is in this. I know there is something somewhere trying to gain control of me but God will come to my rescue.”
“Most of the time after he has done the act, his eyes would be become clear and he would then begin to ask questions and wondered why he did it. I feel there is something behind his actions. It’s like something has spiritual or demonic influence on him.” The spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect made statement and confessed to the crime.
Pastor Remi Yesufu who spoke on behalf of the church described the incident as unfortunate, adding that there was nothing the church could do because it didn’t instigate it.
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