The girl claimed the pastor of her church, Rhema
Ministries in Oyeagu Abagana in Njikoka Local
Government Area of Anambra State, Rev Sampson Otisi
allegedly lured her to a hotel, under the pretence of
conducting deliverance for her but ended up raping
her all through the night.
Ijeoma, who is said to have hearing problems hearing
claimed she went to the church to seek prayers from
the pastor so that she could hear loudly again.
However, she said she was lured to the hotel and
raped from 9 pm to the next morning and dumped in
the hotel room, where she cried until hotel attendants
rescued her.
Ijeoma who spoke at the Magistrate Court Abagana
said she prayed all night reminding the pastor of the
consequence of his act, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.
The victim came to the court aided as a result of the
injuries she sustained during the alleged act.
According to her, “It started on a Tuesday when I went
to the church for prayers. I have not been hearing
clearly with my ears for sometime, so I went to the
pastor for prayers and when I told him my problem,
he said I should stay behind that he will pray for me
after everyone has gone”.
She continued that, “After the session that day, he
called me to the backyard and started praying for me.
He poured anointing oil into my ear and mouth. He
now ordered me to remove my dress and he poured
some on my tummy and started massaging it. After
sometime, he started putting his hand inside(Vagina),
to which I objected. He said he will leave me if I do
not want him to pray for me”.
Ijeoma narrated that as usual the pastor had asked her
to stay behind, that he will conduct a special prayer for
her and her hearing will be okay again.
“After the service, only he and his friend were left, he
said he will take me to the house and pray for me, but
when I objected and told him that my father will kill
me, he said I should not mind that nothing will happen
to me.
“He took me to a hotel, ran upstairs and came back
and ordered me and his friend to come with him. He
took us up and put his friend in another room and
took me to a separate room. He ordered food for me
and hot drink, to which I objected. He said the drink
was part of the deliverance that I had to drink it. He
forced it down my throat and when I started to feel
sleepy he undressed me and inserted his ‘something’
into me; then he started pushing it in and pushing out.
“Even when blood was gushing out of me, he continued
to push the ‘thing’ inside. I tried shouting but he
covered my mouth, when I could not help myself, I
started praying and telling him of the implication of
what he was doing to me before God but he kept on”.
She said she was only freed the next morning when
she regained consciousness and started banging the
door of the hotel room asking for assistance.
Though Ijeoma said she complained to her mum when
she got back after the first incident, her mum, Mrs
Ifeoma who also spoke to DailyPost said she confronted
the pastor the next day and he denied putting his hand
under the girls pant, claiming he was only praying for
her; a defense which led the gullible woman to accept
that the pastor meant well.
She stated that the truth, however, dawned on her on
the following Tuesday when her daughter went to the
same church and failed to return home.
“I thought she had been kidnapped, in fact I believe
this is also kidnap”, she told our reporter.
A copy of medical report issued to her by the Chief
Medical Officer of Enugu Ukwu General Hospital, Dr
J.O Akuka which her parents showed to our reporter
revealed that she sustained bruises, and a torn hymen.
This showed that there was a penetration in her
vagina.
Ijeoma’s father pleaded with the relevant authorities to
help her find justice for her innocent daughter who
was violated by a man she trusted to be a Man of God,
as the matter is currently before a Magistrate court in
Abagana.
He told our reporter that the pastor had allegedly
offered him N500, 000 to keep sealed lips, an offer he
rejected, but expressed fears that the pastor may use
the money to subvert justice.
The pastor, Rev Otisi, who is the senior pastor of a
branch of Rhema Church in Abagana refused to make
comments when he was approached.
His counsel, Barr CC Achi, however, said that the
matter was only being engineered by unseen hands
from behind as his client occupied a land that is in
dispute.
“The issue here is land dispute, but these people are
being used by someone who is in tussle over a piece of
land with our client. On a separate allegation of being
previously charged with the rape of 8-year-old in his
church, the lawyer said it was not true, adding that it
was meant to paint his client in bad light.
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