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 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.
Culled from Daily Post
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