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A Kafanchan Chief Magistrate Court in Kaduna State has remanded in prison custody the General Overseer of Prayer Tabernacle Ministry at Kamurum Bajju area of the state, for allegedly raping two sisters and putting them in the family way.
Pastor Enoch Sule was said to have raped one of the sisters after taking her to a mountain and lied to her that the act was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
The Court remanded him.
An NGO, Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre, reported the matter to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
“When the case came up for mention, the prosecutor, Marcus Audu, told the court that the Pastor initially deceived the older sister who is 19 years old into accompanying him to the mountain for prayer and fasting.”
“When they reached the mountain, the pastor was said to have instructed the girl to remove her clothes and pray naked as directed by the Holy spirit. The girl and her sister are pregnant,” an official of the NGO said.
In a related development, a 17-year-old girl has accused a policeman, Salihu Kazeem, of raping her and her friend at his residence in the Port Harcourt area of Rivers State.
The victim, while narrating her ordeal to our correspondent, said Kazeem allegedly perpetrated the crime after accusing her and her friend of making unauthorised withdrawals to the tune of N500, 000 from his bank account.
The minor also accused Kazeem of trailing her after she reported the case at the Rumokpakani Police Station, adding that while she was job hunting sometime in March 2022, a friend introduced her to the policeman.
She said, “He accused us of stealing when we returned his Automated Teller Machine card which he gave us to get something to eat after a friend introduced us to him. He claimed that he received many debit alerts and when we asked for the amount, he said N500, 000.
“He discharged my friend and kept me and the girl that went to buy food in his house. He called his boys and told them that we were thieves.
“He asked us to take off our dresses and filmed us as we were naked. He said if we don’t cooperate with him, he would spread our nude videos. He took us to a room and slept with us till the next morning.”
In his reaction, Kazeem, while denying the act, described the victims as hook-up girls, adding that they consented to the sexual act.
He, however, said the girls used his ATM card to make several withdrawals after one of the hook ups.
He said, “When they came to my house, I gave one of them my ATM to buy food. They left with the ATM card and I didn’t see them till 11pm. None of them called to tell me anything. The only thing I was receiving was debit alerts.
“I tried to reach one of them that her friends connected me to for hook-up. She told me she gave my ATM card to another lady and said I should not be offended.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the state Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, had invited the both parties.