A Pastor operating out of Ogun state has been arrested by the police on murder charges after he allegedly killed his lover and buried her body inside his church.
Narrating the facts of the case, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said that the victim, Mrs Raliat Sanni, 35, was reported missing by her brother Adebola Saheed who said she had gone out and was yet to return.
After a series of investigation, it was determined that the pastor was the last person to see Raliat alive.
“The so called Pastor was promptly arrested and thoroughly interrogated.” Commissioner Iliyasu said
“In the course of interrogation, the pastor confessed to killing the victim and burying her inside his church after removing her head and two hands for reasons only known to him and God,’’
“This is the height of wickedness that can be meted out to a fellow human being. It will interest you to know that the victim was a secret lover to the pastor who eventually hacked her to death, ” he added.
He warned people to always be vigilant and be careful not to fall into the wrong hands; “I appeal to the people to always be watchful of those they associate with and always disclose their movements to at least one person close to them no matter how confidential the movement in order to prevent occurrence of this type of dastardly act, ” he said.
The suspect, a teacher at Methodist High School, Private, Arigbajo, said that he was forced by the accomplice to join his cult group.
He revealed that the victim was killed in the process of his initiation as a member of the cult group.
The alleged accomplice, however, denied having anything to do with the pastor, saying that the last time he saw him was 2017.