A yet-to-be-identified pastor and one other person have been arrested by men of the Delta State Police Command for alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl, Miracle Mwafor, whose heart was ripped open and other vital organs removed in Boji Boji Agbor on Friday, June 4.
According to reports, the victim and her mother who is a petty trader attend the church of the clergyman.
On Friday after evening service, the pastor claimed he helped Miracle to board a motorcycle to take her home.
The mother who was at home, was agitated after waiting endlessly without seeing her child.
The police were alerted and after thorough investigation, the motorcyclist was apprehended.
When interrogated, the suspect implicated the pastor. The suspects were said to have later led detectives to the spot where the girl’s mutilated body was dumped at the back of the State School of Nursing, by Central Hospital, Agbor.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, said the pastor and another member of the church had been arrested.