A 15-year-old student of senior secondary school one was allegedly raped by a pastor ministering in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The girl was allegedly lured into the car, drugged and drove to a guest house by the pastor identified as Chukwudi Chukwuemezie where she was raped repeatedly.
While speaking with reporters, the elder brother of the victim identified as Mr Chukwuemeka Idika disclosed that the incident happened on 23rd of September after the pastor saw her sister, who had followed their mother to Mount Zion Deliverance Ministry, Amannuoba, Ugama-Obosi, for prayers.
“We have reported the matter to the state CID in Awka, but we are not satisfied with the way the police is handling the matter.”
According to reports, Idika who was in tears as he explained how his sister was raped said, “My sister’s unusual calmness on the day of the incident, 23rdSeptember prompted my mother to inquire from her what the problem was.
“It was very difficult for my sister to open up on what she passed through in the hands of the Pastor, which later prompted the family to report the matter at the Obosi Police station and CID Headquarters, Awka.”
Idika told newsmen that his sister narrated that the pastor had prophesied to the her that she would be a shining star, but needed deliverance for the prophecy to manifest.
He said the pastor proceeded to fix a date for her deliverance, where he told her to wait for her close to a bank in the area, from where he took her in his car, hypnotising her, and taking her to a guest house where she said she regained consciousness to find herself naked, with blood stain on her right thigh.
It was gathered that the victim’s family and proprietor of the victim’s school, Mr. Promise Chimeremeze were livid with rage.
The victim’s family said they were unhappy with the handling of the matter by the police. They stated that even after visiting the hospital for test, the Police had bluntly refused to release the result of the test to the family and wondered what interest the law enforcement agency was trying to protect by unconditionally releasing the suspect who was said to have been arrested.
The victim’s family, however, calles on the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Director of State Security Service, Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Child Development and the Inspector General of Police to see that justice is done on the matter.
Meanwhile, the Police spokesperson in Anambra, SP Haruna Mohammed, has confirmed the incident, saying that the pastor has been arrested.
He said, “The case has been taken over by the Public complaint response unit (PCRU) Abuja.”
