The
Founder and General Overseer of a Pentecostal Church in Benin City, Pastor
Phillip Ogbebor is now an unusual inmate at the federal medium security prison,
Oko after a magistrate court ordered that he be remanded for having sex
with male members of his Church.
Surprisingly,
the randy pastor of Breakthrough Ministries, Owina Street, off Sakponba
road Benin city, neither denied the allegation of homosexuality levelled
against him by the parents of one of his victims nor blamed the devil as many
culprits will do. Instead, he told Saturday Sun that “I am only passing through
temptation. I only did it four times with the man who is 22 years old and a
regular member of my church. I can’t claim that it was the devil’s
influence , let God decide my case.”
The
Commissioner of Police, Mr Foluso Ayodeji Adebanjo told
Saturday Sun that the Pastor was apprehended recently by men of the
State Criminal Investigation Department of the Edo state police command
following a complaint lodged by the father of one of his victims. Trouble
started when the victim who had been put under an oath of secrecy by the pastor
decided to report his ordeal to his parents who in turn decided to inform
the police.
The
victim who doesn’t want his name in print told Saturday Sun
that he has been unduly harassed by Pastor Ogbebor since 2007
when he was only fifteen years old and that he made him to take several oaths
of secrecy in order not to reveal the secret to anybody.
He
further said that the suspect threatened to kill him if he disclosed the
act to anyone.
According
to him, “each time, I told him it is painful and that I don’t want
to do it again. I told him I will tell my parents but he forced me to
take oath saying if I ever tell anyone I will not live to see the
next day”
He
furthered revealed how Ogbebor mixed olive oil with sand and
robbed it on his head while chanting incantations in an unusual language and
casting spells on him, with an emphasis on the fact that if he tells
anybody he would die like a fowl. He said to buttress his threat he gave
him the liver and gizzard of chicken to eat saying these acts were usually
performed at 12.00 midnight under the guise of a night vigil.
The
victim who said he is a regular member of Pastor Ogbebor’s church
said he was disturbed by his deteriorating health and was forced to
narrate his ordeal to another pastor.
He
said the man of God advised him to report the bad conduct of Pastor
Ogbebor before the congregation which he did but Ogbebor was said to have
denied it before the congregation. After the confession by the victim to
the congregation, his father who is also a member of the church promptly
confronted Pastor Ogbebor on the matter and as the issue was
degenerating into rowdiness in the church, Pastor Ogbebor was said
to have confessed to the crime and pledged to take the victim who has been
battling with spiritual and health challenges to the hospital for medical
treatment.
It
was at that stage that the father of the victim who was in shock over the
development reported the matter to the police for proper investigation.
Speaking
to Saturday Sun, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Foluso
Ayodeji Adebanjo commended the SCID Benin under the
leadership of Deputy Commissioner of Police J. Ibim for a good job
done.
He
sai d the suspect will soon be charged to court after the completion of
investigation.
The
police boss had about three weeks ago paraded Pastor Ogbebor along with 25
other crime suspects at the command headquarters, Benin city.
Saturday
Sun however gathered that the 42 year old randy pastor has been arraigned
before a Magistrate court in Benin city on a charge bordering on
indecent assault contrary to Sections 214(1) and 353 of the constitution
respectively.
The
Magistrate was said to have ordered his detention at the Oko medium security
prison in the state capital pending the commencement of trial.
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