The
Edo State Police Command, Thursday, paraded 32 suspected criminals involved in robbery,
kidnapping, cultism, including one Eze Fidelis, a pastor with a Pentecostal
church in Abudu, Orhiomnwon Local Government Council, who defiled two underage
girls.
Among
the suspects were also three rapists and four persons including a woman
involved in robbing unsuspecting passengers using commercial vehicles
(popularly known as one chance).
The
Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr Funso Adebanjo, who paraded them, yesterday,
also displayed cache of arms recovered from the suspects.
CP
Adebanjo who said the command had apprehended over 90 suspected robbers and
kidnappers in the past one month, lamented rising cases of defilement of minors
in the state. He warned residents to be wary of the latest trends whereby
people use taxis to rob unsuspecting passengers.
According
to him, “today we have 32 suspects that we are parading and they were involved
in different crimes, ranging from robbery, kidnapping to cultism and people who
are involved in defilement of the girl child. This defilement thing in the
state now is disturbing. We will not allow them to go scot-free. And that is
why we continue to appeal to members of the public to always give us useful
information because we cannot do it alone.
“But
let me also alert members of the public. There is an emerging crime since the
ban on Okada was effected. It is called one chance. What they do is that they
always have a woman among them so that will make people not to suspect them.
There is always somebody that claims to be a pastor with them, they will
deceive you to say you have a particular problem and they will rob you of
everything.
“One
of their victims, a lady, had to go to a bank to withdraw N150,000.
“We
are going to work with Road Safety and the Board of Internal Revenue so that
all vehicles on the road must be registered. People should shine their eyes
very well, they are using some vehicles pretending to be taxi drivers.”
Pastor
Fidelis Eze who confessed that he actually defiled one Joy and Anthonia both of
them 11 years old, said he was possessed by evil spirit to commit the act.
He
said: “I am really ashamed of myself particularly as a pastor. I have been a
pastor at Deeper Life for over six years but I was tempted to defile these
girls. They are always visiting me, so this particularly day I defiled both of
them.”
Source: Vanguard
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