The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 60-year-old cleric, Prophet Bishop Olu Richard, after he was allegedly caught having sex with his member’s 10-year-old daughter inside the church premises at Babatunde Street, Bank Bus Stop, Ijegun area of Lagos.
The prophet was arrested after the girl revealed her experience to the Police at Isheri Oshun Division. He was later transferred to the Gender Section of Lagos Police Command for further investigation, where the facts were eventually revealed.
According to Police sources, the Prophet, Richard, took advantage of the girl after he asked her mother to come and live in the church premises as his member since her husband could not take care of her and the children.
Richard, however, invited the girl to his own apartment within the church premises to buy some items for him. When the innocent girl went into his apartment, he locked the door from inside, removed the girl’s pant and forcefully penetrated her. He thereafter warned her not to tell anybody what happened.
However, the trauma continued to hunt the girl and she then went and told her grandmother what Prophet Richard did to her. The grandmother raised the alarm and one of the members of the community contacted a Non-Governmental Organization, Women’s Right & Health Project, which facilitated the arrest of the cleric.
He is still undergoing interrogation at the Gender Section, where more revelations were said to be coming out, as it was discovereded that the girl was not the only minor Prophet Richard had allegedly molested.
