A pastor and director of Light of Hope Orphanage at Akute, Ogun State, identified simply Atunde, was on Wednesday arrested by policemen from Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos State, for allegedly raping two minors at his orphanage.
One of the girls was said to have showed up at school in March with blood dripping down her legs. When questioned by school officials, she said that Pastor Atunde had intercourse with her.
According to Punch, Zone 2 Police Command began investigating Atunde after receiving a petition from Project Alert, a non-governmental organisation, against him.
Project Alert programme officer, Tobi Asekun, said, “It was the school that brought the case to us. This is not the first time that we have received complaints against Tunde’s activities.
“Last year, one of his neighbours came to us making the same complaints but no one could take action because we needed his victims to confirm the claim. So when this case was brought to our attention, we wrote a petition to Zone 2 command.”
It was learnt that plain-clothes officers from Zone 2 had visited the school and spoken with the girls who are aged 13 and 14 years before picking up Atunde from the orphanage which also doubles as his family home.
The orphanage, a large one-storey building housing about 12 rooms, is said to have been functioning since 1996. Currently about 22 children live at the orphanage, most of whom are minors.
It was gathered that another 11 orphans were running various programmes in a private University with their expenses being paid by Pastor Atunde's orphanage.
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