Gay pastor arrested in Edo State for raping a 20-year-old male church member

Yesterday, Police in Edo state arrested a pastor identified as Philips Ogbebor, alleged to have had carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old male member of his church (names withheld).

It was revealed that the pastor threatened to kill his victim if he told anybody about the encounter.

When interview, Ogbebor simply said: "God will judge, go and talk to others" and kept on mumbling.

The victim narrated his own side of the story;

"I told him I have never done this since I grew up, but he insisted. It was painful and I told him I will not allow it again. So after the second attempt, I told him I will expose the act. He then administered an oath on me, saying if I ever told any one, I will die.

"He carried sand and olive oil and poured them on my head, then he wore black garment, saying I will die if I ever leaked the secret. He killed a black fowl and gave me the liver and gizzard to eat at about 2 a.m., threatening that if I ever said it out, I will die like the fowl.

"But when I realised that it is a
sin, I met a man of God to pray
for me that God should forgive
me and that I am ready to
expose it since he forced me.
There after I went to the church
and told the congregation
about the act. When he heard it,
he threatened me by sending
his younger brother and
members of his gang after me.
Since then I have been running"