For five days, an Imo State-based pastor was in police cell before he regained his freedom last week. He was said to have had sex with a 13-year-old boy.
The pastor, simply identified as Chinagoro, was detained at the Oyigbo Police Station, Rivers State, before his release, following a controversial truce.
He allegedly committed the offence in the Mbesie Local Government Area of Imo State. The suspect, it was learnt, oversees a Healing Prayer Ministry, where victim was serving him.
The boy, Destiny, a talented drummer, has long lost his father. He was living in Omuahia with his mother before they relocated to Port Harcourt, where the pastor visited one of his sisters and offered to assist Destiny because of his family’s poor condition.
In his statement at the police station, Destiny said: “The pastor was making love to me and other children in the anus after stripping us naked.”
He said he left the suspect’s home and reported the matter to his mother because he was always recording their affairs with one of his phone sets. He also said he usually heard strange noise at night after the act.
At the police station, the second day after the pastor’s arrest, a pregnant lady, who identified him as her brother, told this reporter: “The police arrested my brother after Destiny accused him of committing homosexual affair with him. But I don’t think my brother could do such thing.
“It was in my house that my brother (the suspect) met Destiny and decided to help him out of their family’s misery and took him to Imo State where his ministry is located. He has been running his ministry for years and nobody has accused him of any wrong doing.”
The station’s Divisional Police Officer (DPO), simply identified as Mr Joseph, confirmed that the matter was reported there, saying that it was still under investigation. He asked this reporter to come back last Friday for details.
Following the DPO’s directive, his Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), Mr Harrison, briefed the reporter, saying that lawyers of the suspect and the victim, including his mother, had agreed to make peace.”
However, the victim’s mother said: “It is the police that forced me to accept. The suspect has already made confession about his atrocities and that was why I hired a lawyer.
“To my greatest surprise, my lawyer changed overnight as soon as she met with the police that was how the issue of peace started. I was not in support of that initially, but as a poor woman, I have no option than to let go.”
She added: “The police have paid the bill for the treatment of my son’s anus, but my annoyance is that the doctor who had been cooperating with me have suddenly changed.
“My lawyer told me that I would be compensated with N100, 000 on Sunday, but the meeting scheduled between the suspect, my lawyer and the police could not hold because the suspect was indisposed.”
However, The Nation learnt that the suspect may have another problem awaiting him as parents of another “victim” were poised to fight him. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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