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.
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