Pastor Mike Oliseh 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.
The 54-year-old assistant pastor allegedly penetrated the private parts of the first victim and inserted his fingers in the private parts of the twin sister, according to The PUNCH.
Oliseh, who lived opposite the girls’ father’s house on Ago Palace Way, Okota 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 stayed during the week before returning to his family in Ikotun by weekends.
The Delta State indigene, who is also into borehole drilling, was said to have employed the services of the girls’ father, whose bus was used to convey equipment to sites.
The two then became close friends, as Oliseh also used the opportunity to win over the man’s family to his church.
However, the girls’ mother, travelled on a business trip in 2017, during which time Oliseh started sleeping in their home.
The first victim told a 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.
“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,” she said.
The crime had gone undetected until recently when the suspect attempted to sleep with the second victim.
The victims’ mother 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 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 omugwo (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.”
The victims’ father said he did not believe the allegations until the suspect confessed to them.
He stated, “I trusted him because I thought that he was a man of God. I have a bus and whenever he had a borehole drilling job, I used the vehicle to take the equipment to site. He would pay me for the service. He also took my family to his church.
“Also, whenever my wife travelled, I would take my children to his wife’s place in Ikotun. Whenever I cooked, we would eat together from the same plate. I never suspected anything. Even when it was noticed the first time, I doubted it. However, when he agreed to it and said what he did was little, I became weak.”
The case was reported at the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender and the victims were referred to the Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
A social worker at the OPD said the results of the tests carried out on the victims confirmed that the girls had been defiled.
Lagos police spokesman Chike Oti confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect would be arraigned at the end of investigation.
