One more case of rape committed by the 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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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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