The Pastor of Peculiar Generation Assembly Church in
Lagos, Chris McDouglas Omosokpea, has landed in the police net for an alleged sexual
abuse of his member’s 14-year-old daughter (name withheld) for four years.
Omosokpea, whose church is situated at 17/19
Mututiatu Kayode Street, Mafoluku in Oshodi, was said to have been invited at
the Makinde Police Station for the alleged defilement of the said girl after
the family reported the matter to the police.
He, however, sought redress at Zone 2 Police Command
at Onikan.
At the Zone 2, where the victim’s family and the
alleged pedophile were invited for a meeting, the mother of the victim (name
withheld), said Omosokpea wrote a petition to the AIG against her, and even
threatened to deal with her.
During interrogation on June 1, Omosokpea was said
to have confessed to the allegations levelled against him-sexual abuse of the
14-year-old girl, who is now aged 18.
This made the DCP of the Command to order for his
immediate detention on the charge of statutory rape which attracts several
years of imprisonment if tried and found guilty before the court.
According to the victim, although she hid the truth
from her parents, she spoke out after four years when she was becoming more
traumatised and mature enough to speak out.
Meanwhile, Omosokpea’s wife, Mrs. McDouglas, countered
her claims. She told the police that she knew about the abuse, but said her
husband was in a relationship with her.
She further accused the victim’s mother of being
aware of the affair between her husband and her daughter.
Reacting to his arrest, the Secretary and
Operations Manager of Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network
(ACVPN), Mr. Ebenezer Omejalile, acknowledged that the arrest was made possible
with the help of several officers and advocates.
“We appreciate the good office of the PPRO Z2, the
D8 team, our advocates, Iya Gani Fawehimi, in the person of Abiodun of African
Women Lawyers Association (AWLA), Our Criminal Justice Officer, Mrs. Asala and
Ify,” he listed.
Omejalile added: "Another meeting has been
fixed for June 5 while Omosokpea would remain in custody."
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