A 50-year-old pastor, Isaac Akinbola, has been arrested by Ogun State command of Nigeria Police for allegedly hiring his concubines to beat his wife, Dasola Akinbola, and in the process, her eight-month-old child reportedly fell and died.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, yesterday, said the incident occurred last week Sunday at Awa Ijebu in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.
Oyeyemi said the pastor and the two women, 29-year-old Esther Olowolayemo and 30-year-old Oluwakemi Oshinbajo, have been arrested for assaulting the pastor’s wife and murder of Obadiah Akinbola.
He said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Awa Ijebu divisional headquarters by the pastor’s wife.
According to the police, Dasola said she had been having a disagreement with her pastor-husband over his alleged illicit affair with some female members of the church for some time.
According to the statement, the wife said her husband came to her house in Ipinle area of Mamu Ijebu with two women, whom she has been suspecting of having illicit affair with her husband, to beat her up.
