Delta State Police Command, Asaba, on Thursday arrested the General Overseer of a church (name withheld) for allegedly raping a seven-year-old daughter of his member.

Pubic Relations Officer of the command, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, disclosed that the suspect’s church was along Ibusa Road, Koka, Asaba.

Kalu said the cleric lured the girl into the church office to ‘pray’ for her but committed the act.

The victim, however, divulged what had happened to her parents.

The couple immediately rushed their daughter to the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba,

Hospital report, the spokesman said, showed the girl had been raped. Bruises were also discovered in her private parts.

Kalu added that on investigation, the suspect confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court.