The Nigerian police has launched an investigation after a 13-year-old disabled girl was allegedly impregnated by a pastor in the Odigbo Local Government area of the state.
The pastor, whose name was given as Peter James, was, until the incident, the head of charge of Christ Apostolic Church.
He was initially dragged to the palace for allegedly impregnating the minor, said to be a member of the choir of the church.
According to close sources, the pastor had earlier allegedly impregnated their daughter and aborted the pregnancy without their knowledge.
The family source added that the cleric had earlier confessed to being the one who impregnated the girl.
However, trouble reportedly started when the pastor later denied ownership of the pregnancy, for which the matter was later intervened by the zonal headquarters of the church.
All efforts by his colleagues to persuade the pastor to accept responsibility for the pregnancy proved abortive.
According to the mother of the girl, Mrs. Victoria Bernard, the pastor denied the pregnancy because of the girl’s deformity and reported the issue to the police.
