Delta State Police Command has arrested a pastor named Kalu Ijeoma of Deliverance Evangelical Church, Onitsha for alleged defilement of a 19-month-old child.
It would be recalled that MDB earlier reported that the pastor was accused of defiling the minor who is his sister-in-law’s daughter.
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Confirming the development, Centre For Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign said Kalu was arrested by men of B-Division Police station in Asaba on Tuesday morning, June 15.
The Pastor had in a telephone interview with the group said he is innocent of the allegation against him by the wife’s sister.
Centre for Basic Rights has now called for a thorough and unbiased investigation into the alleged defilement of the young girl.
The group wrote;
The Pastor Mr Kalu Ijeoma of Deliverance Evangelical Church At Onitsha who allegedly defiled 19 MONTH old child of his wife’s younger sister has been arrested by B-Division Police station in Asaba ,Delta state on Tuesday morning where the alleged incident took place. The Pastor had in a telephone interview with Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign said he is innocent of the allegation against him by the wife’s sister. Centre for Basic Rights calls for a thorough and unbiased investigation into the alleged defilement of 19 months old girl.
