These are the worst moments for Pastor Oluwatobiloba Ipense of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God situated at Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area, Ogun State as he has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni
From Top Right: The suspected, Pastor Oluwatobiloba Ipense, his accomplice, Pastor Daniel Sopeju and residents of Papalanto at the scene where the victim is said to be buried
Speaking on the ugly incident, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, Ogun State Commissioner of Police narrated that… “The case was reported by one Adebola Saheed that his younger sister, Raliat Sanni left home since 21st March and was yet to return.”
“On the strength of the report, our operatives at Ewekoro Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oluwarotimi Jeje, swung into action and embarked on technical intelligence investigation and the suspect was arrested following a discreet analysis of facts surrounding the disappearance of the victim, as he was the last person that had contact with her.”
“The suspect was a pastor in charge of Cherubim & Seraphim white garment church, Elebute area of Ewekoro. In the course of interrogation, the pastor confessed to the killing of the victim and burying her inside his church after removing her head and two hands for reasons only known to him and God.”
“He also mentioned one Pastor Daniel Sopeju of Iyana Egbado as his accomplice. The victim was a ‘secret lover’ to the pastor. Forensic investigation into the case has commenced, the case will eventually be charged to court.”
However, the suspect has denied the allegation that he killed the victim, but said his accomplice, Sopeju, killed her. He lamented… “It was not true that I killed a woman, it was one Mr Sopeju Daniel and a woman that wanted to initiate me into their occultic group and they said that they are 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 she was living in Wasimi. They later got her and brought her to my church. Mr Sopeju brought out a knife and beheaded the woman and after beheading her, he collected her blood and put it in seven calabashes”.
Also, reacting to the suspect’s allegation, Mr. Sopeju denied killing the victim but admitted that they all belonged to white garment churches in the area.
Besides, the victims elder brother, Saheed Adegbola wept that… “Raliat left home on the 21st of March, 2018 and did not return. But on the 22nd of March, my mother came to meet her pastor to ask for her whereabouts, and the pastor told her if she sees Raliat, she will not know her again because she was owing him N200,000.”
“He claimed that she borrowed the money from him. He even told my dad that they should go to Police station together to report, but my mother told him not to worry. But on the 26th of March, I went to report the case to Police, and they gave me full support to look for my younger sister.”
“Since the day we have been looking for her, she has been appearing to me in my dream. On the 31st of March, I brought Policemen to this church to ransack everywhere. When we got to the exact position she was buried, I told the Police that she was buried there because I was seeing her spirit. She was a divorcee with five kids; she was a hairdresser, living in her house with her children in Waisimi. She was 35 years of age and 5th position in the family.”