46 year-old Pastor, Ifeanyi Bernard, was on Monday arrested by the Nassarawa State Police command for allegedly raping a 13 year-old daughter of a family friend while performing a deliverance on the teenager.
According to Police reports, the pastor was apprehended following reports by the victim's father, Mr Martins Ijiwo. The pastor was said to have lured the teenager under the pretext of delivering her by casting out demons from her. The police reported that the cleric allegedly pushed her to his bed and raped her repeatedly but blames the incident on the devil.
The commissioner of Police, Mr. Sani Mohammed, said the suspect threatened to kill the victim if she reported the incident to any member of her family. However, when the father of the girl learnt of the incident, he reported. The police subsequently stormed the pastor’s home and arrested him. Policemen also recovered bottles of anointing oil from the suspect’s home as well as a bedspread.
The CP said, “The pastor took advantage of his closeness to the girl’s family – who are members of his congregation – to rape their 13-year-old daughter under the guise of casting out demons from her.”
According to Police reports, the pastor was apprehended following reports by the victim's father, Mr Martins Ijiwo. The pastor was said to have lured the teenager under the pretext of delivering her by casting out demons from her. The police reported that the cleric allegedly pushed her to his bed and raped her repeatedly but blames the incident on the devil.
The commissioner of Police, Mr. Sani Mohammed, said the suspect threatened to kill the victim if she reported the incident to any member of her family. However, when the father of the girl learnt of the incident, he reported. The police subsequently stormed the pastor’s home and arrested him. Policemen also recovered bottles of anointing oil from the suspect’s home as well as a bedspread.
The CP said, “The pastor took advantage of his closeness to the girl’s family – who are members of his congregation – to rape their 13-year-old daughter under the guise of casting out demons from her.”
While speaking with our correspondent at the police command, the pastor confessed to the crime, adding that he didn’t know what came over him when he committed the crime. He said,
“I had been into evangelism for some years now and I have been casting out demons from people who have spiritual and family problems before I met this young girl through her father, Mr. Martins Ijiwo. I have been a friend of the family for quite some time. I used my anointing oil to lure her into my room and all of a sudden, I was carried away and before I knew what was happening, I saw myself making love to her.”
source: Punch
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