Nigeria, March 29 -- A pastor in Anambra State has been detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the police for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in the state.

The pastor, Dozie Ezani, is the general overseer of 'Jesus Is Ontop Ministry,' located in Amichi Community in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Ezani is being held at the SCID over the alleged crime, Punch Newspaper reported.

The cleric was said to have been arrested at his poultry farm in Igboukwu, a community in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state.

The Special Anti-Touting Squad reportedly arrested him for Anambra State (SASA), a vigilante group set up by the state government.

Mr Ezani's arrest follow...