Delta pastor arrested for sexual offences after he impregnates nine church members

POLICE in Delta State have arrested the pastor running the Light of God Ministries in Umunede and look set to charge him with sexual offences after he impregnated nine members of his congregation.

 

Known as Pastor Dukes, the clergyman has been accused of sleeping with his church members over the last two years and is said to have impregnated seven of his single female church members and two married women. He is also alleged to have seduced several young girls in the neighbouring communities of Ute-Ukpu and Otolokpo under the guise of providing them with suitors.

 

Following complaints made to the police, Pastor Duke was arrested and detained at Agbor Police Station by aggrieved parents of his victims for two days before granted bail. Investigation revealed that until some married women started carrying their marital problems to him, the self-acclaimed man of God allegedly known for magical powers, specialises in mind-blowing prophecies for unsuspecting members of his church including some highly placed politicians and businessmen across the state.

 

One church member Josephine Ogor said: “The self acclaimed reverend uses preaching, choirs and organised youth fellowship to get young girls. That was what he did in Ute-Okpu, Otolokpo neighbouring communities before he moved into Umunede and he was driven away by the elders of the communities, as he likes girls of 15, 16 and 17 years."

 

His victims, some who claimed they were hoodwinked into sexual intercourse with him via magical powers include Awele John, Marble Ogoan and Rosemary Iwendi. They added that he uses magical powers to woo young girls he sleeps with and that was how they fell into his net.

 

Another victim, a married woman who did not want her name in the print, said she had gone to the reverend’s house to seek advice on constant quarrels between her and the husband when Pastor Dukes allegedly gave her anointed oil for her to rub and take from it. She added that she then found herself love making with the reverend during the night.

She said: “I saw myself having sexual intercourse with the reverend in my sleep and I was shocked before I made it known to my husband.”

 

Further investigation revealed that his modus operandi is to give out olive oil bottles to unsuspecting female miracle seekers, young girls looking for suitors, a situation that keep them glued to him before taking them to bed. However, the reverend said the stories were untrue and were just attempts to blackmail him, adding that those who claimed to have been impregnated by him designed a plot to kill him.

“I am not responsible for their pregnancies, they are lairs," Pastor Dukes said.