An acclaimed pastor, Kehinde Sonaike accused of raping and impregnating 12-year-old girl in Oworoshoki area of Lagos State has taken to his heels.
He was exposed after allegedly having carnal knowledge of the teenager repeatedly.
Kehinde who works as a clergyman at Open Heaven Church located at Oworoshoki was alleged to have been defiling the victim for almost a year.
He goes home to call the girl,takes her to an unknown place whenever her mum was not around and sexually assaults her.
In a telephone conversation with the mother of the victim, she said that the suspect had paid N11,000 to a nurse for the abortion of the pregnancy.
The curious mother after noticing some changes in the girl, grilled her and she subsequently opened up to her mother about the plan to get the pregnancy terminated on the 8th of August 2021.
A child rights advocate, Miss Adeboye Joy who informed people on social media and the police about the case said, the distraught mother out of pain reportedly poisoned herself but was later given medication to neutralize the poison.
Adeboye Joy took up the case and referred the victim’s family to Mirabel sexual assault referral centre Ikeja Lagos where medical examination was carried out on the girl who is currently six months pregnant.
The matter was reported at
Alonge area police station in the State and the nurse who attempted to abort the pregnancy was arrested and subsequently granted bail.
The mother of the victim has called on government and well meaning Nigerians to come to her aid in arresting and prosecuting Sonaike Kehinde in other to serve as deterrent to other potential pedophiles in the neighborhood and the state at large.
By Joy Oluwatoyin Adeboye
This is disgusting, heartbreaking and sad at the same time. This society needs to be hard on pedophiles. Enough is enough about men raping and sexually abusing children and getting away with it.
