Founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo was on Tuesday interrogated by detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) in Abuja over alleged rape of Busola Dakolo.
DAILY POST had reported that Busola, wife of music star, Timi Dakolo, made some explosive disclosure about Fatoyinbo, accusing the cleric of raping her when she was still young.
She gave details of the encounter and explained how the pastor went on to allegedly exploit her vulnerability from that day, adding that a few pastors were aware and tried to assuage her family after her siblings took the war to Fatoyinbo back then.
Fatoyinbo, however, denied the allegation, saying he has never forced himself on any woman in his life
Efforts by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to wade into the matter was said to have been frustrated following the refusal of the pastor to honour their invitation.
The Nation reports that the police have located Mrs. Dakolo’s siblings including the sister she alleged was upstairs the day Fatoyinbo allegedly raped her at her family’s residence.
It was gathered that detectives chose to invite the pastor after following other clues to verify certain claims.
The pastor, whose team was said to have been sent out of the department, was interrogated for several hours by a team specifically tasked to handle the case by the Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu through the DIG Investigation.
The report has it that detectives may detain the pastor unless there were guarantees he would not jump administrative bail by the police.
Police spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), while confirming the development, said It was too early to say if Fatoyinbo would be detained, adding that only the investigators can arrive at that decision based on their findings.
He said: “Yes, he is currently at FCIID undergoing interrogation. We have been conducting discreet investigation. We are making efforts to reach one or two other pastors she alleged intervened then.
“It was a deliberate investigative strategy to bring Fatoyinbo much later after we must have gotten other things. Some Nigerians were thinking we did not want to talk to him but that is not so.
“He is with us now and I cannot say if he will be detained nor not. Investigators will have to determine that. They might choose to detain him or grant him bail while investigation continues.”
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