clergyman was heard by FCT High Court
on Friday, May 16.Mrs Jacintha Ejiofor,
the mother of the victim, who was
allegedly raped by a pastor, Emmanuel
Matthew, revealed some details of the
crime. According to her, a 52-year-old
pastor lured the little girl in his
bedroom, laid a white bedspread and a
red curtain, then put the child on the
bed and raped her with his finger and
the manhood.
She has claimed that the vicious
incident happened last year on March 12
and this crime is not the only one, as
similar situations happened to this
pastor before. She has told about
another mother who had earlier blamed
pastor for the same actions and was
told to come the next day to hammer
down the issue.
But this was never going to happen as
the woman was arrested following a
complaint made by Mathew at
Mpape Police Station. Reverting to the
story of her daughter's s*x abuse Mrs
Ejofor said that trying to deal with the
situation on her own she went to the
school, but there were neither the
pastor nor his wife.
Few moments later she and her
daughter were arrested by the police
accompanied by the pastor's wife. On
the way to the police station the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
interrogated her daughter and the girl
repeated her story, describing the
accused bedroom.
Thereafter the three girls were sent to
the Asokoro General Hospital for
medical examination while the policemen
headed to the pastor's house. As the
description coincided with the
indications and the girls' virginity was
not confirmed, General Overseer of The
Choice Bible Church, Mpape, Abuja, and
proprietor of the primary school was
detained.
The accused who raped two 7-year-olds
and a 9-year-old pupil in his school
pleaded not guilty. The offence
contravened the provisions of Section
283 of the Penal Code. According to the
law, a convict is liable to 14 years
imprisonment or with an option of fine,
or both; Emmanuel Matthew was
granted bail in the sum of N500,000 and
a surety in like sum.
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