A 12-year-old girl, Miss Ijeoma Mbiaka, on Wednesday
narrated to DailyPost how 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 guise of conducting deliverance on
her but ended up raping her all through the night.
Ijeoma, who is hard at hearing, told our reporter that she
had gone to the church to seek prayers from the pastor so that she could hear
loudly again.
She, however, 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.Speaking at the Magistrate Court Abagana after a
court session, Ijeoma 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"."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 mother 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 a source close to whisperNaija.com 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.
Culled from Daily Post
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