Ogun Pastor Kills Lover, Buries Body In Church

A pastor identified as Oluwatobiloba Ipense of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command for allegedly killing his lover, Raliat Sanni for ritual.

According to the police, Ipense detached the two hands of the deceased and buried the body on his uncompleted church premises.

The suspect upon interrogation, claimed he carried out the atrocious act for reasons known to him and God.

Parading the suspect, the State commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the suspect was arrested following a report of a case of a missing person at the Police Divisional Headquarters, Ewekoro area of Ogun State.

Iliyasu who described the act as an act of wickedness to a fellow human being, said: “The case was reported by one Adebola Saheed that his younger sister, Raliat Sanni, left home since March 21 and had yet to return.

“On the strength of the report, our operatives at the Ewekoro division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oluwarotimi Jeje, swung into action and embarked on technical intelligence investigation.”

Speaking to newsmen in Ogun State, Ipense denied the allegation that he killed the victim, saying his accomplice, Daniel Sopeju, was responsible for Sanni’s death.

Ipense claimed that Sopeju led seven members of a cult to his house with the aim of luring him to become a member.

He said, “It is not true that I killed the woman. It was one Mr. Daniel Sopeju and a woman that wanted to make me join their cult and they said that they were going to collect a ransom.

“So they collected the names of my members and picked the name of Raliat Sanni. Having mentioned her name, they asked me where she was living and I told them that she was living at Wasinmi. They later got her and brought her to my church.

“They used red cloth to cover her face and Mr Sopeju brought out a knife and beheaded the woman. After beheading her, he collected her blood and put it in seven calabashes and also her head and severed hands were put in a white calabash.”

He further explained that the group told him that the severed head and hands would be shared by members of the ocultic group.