The
Assistant Pastor of the Anointed Chosen Vessel Ministry, Okota, Lagos, Mike
Oliseh, has been detained at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters,
Ikeja, for allegedly defiling the 12-year-old twin daughters of a church member
and close friend.
Punch gathered that while 54-year-old
Oliseh allegedly penetrated the private parts of the first victim, he
allegedly inserted his fingers in the private parts of the twin sister.
Punch
correspondent learnt that Oliseh, an indigene of Delta State, and the girls’
father, Okoro (not real name), lived on Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos State.
Oliseh,
who lived opposite Okoro’s house, was said to have relocated his wife and four
children (a girl and three boys) to the Ikotun area of Lagos.
He,
however, retained his apartment at Okota, where he reportedly stay during the
week before returning to his family in Ikotun by weekends.
Oliseh,
who is also into borehole drilling, was said to have employed the services of
Okoro, whose bus was used to convey equipment to sites.
The
two then became close friends, as Oliseh also used the opportunity to win over
Okoro’s family to his church.
However,
Okoro’s wife, Chidera (not real name),travelled on a business trip in 2017,
during which time Oliseh started sleeping in their home.
The
first victim, Chioma (not real name), told Punch correspondent that while her
father was fast asleep, the suspect defiled her.
She
said he threatened to withdraw support to the family if she told anyone about
the incident, adding that she could not say the number of times that he had
raped her.
Chioma
narrated, “He started it (rape) last year. He used to come to sleep in our
house. He said there was heat in his apartment. So, while my twin sister and I
would sleep on the floor, he used to sleep on the bed with my father. While my
dad slept, he would come to the floor and sleep with me. He has done it many
times.
“He
put his male reproductive organ in my private parts. He threatened that if I
told my father, he would not take him to work again. He and my father eat and
work together, and they both sleep on the same bed.”
Punch learnt that the crime had gone
undetected until recently when the suspect attempted to sleep with the second
victim, Nnena (not real name).
The
victims’ mother, Chidera, said Oliseh was pulling off her daughter’s pants when
an elderly woman saw him.
She
said, “On that Thursday, my daughter did not go to school; she was alone in the
compound. Mike (Oliseh) came and chased her. The girl ran into the backyard to
hide. He went there and started pulling her pants; the girl shouted.
“An
elderly woman, who came for omugo (the Igbo practice of
female parents tendering their daughters’ newborn babies) in our compound and
was in the room, saw him. When she opened the door, Mike quickly brought out a
phone and pretended to be speaking to my husband on the telephone. He said he
wanted to give my daughter something, but she was not ready to collect it. He
then put his phone in his pocket and left.
“The
woman, who observed that he did not dial any number on the phone before putting
it to his ear, called my husband to ask the children what his friend had been
doing to them. That was how the secret was blown open. He slept with my first
daughter regularly, but had only succeeded in inserting his fingers into the
private parts of my second daughter.”
Chidera
said she was disappointed because Oliseh was a trusted pastor and family
friend.
The
victims’ father, Okoro, told Punch that he did not believe the
allegations until the suspect confessed to them.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the incident,
adding that the suspect would be arraigned at the end of investigation.
- Punch
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