The resident Pastor of a pentecostal church located at Ukonu Street in Aba South local government area of Abia State identified as Pastor Chukwuemeka Orji is currently cooling off his feet in the custody of the Aba Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Pastor Orji was arrested by the Police for allegedly raping a 13-year-old house help, simply identified as Blessing, a JSS 1 student of a private school and indigene of Ukeze community in Ugwunagbo local government area of the state.
Pastor Orji, a native of Ozuitem in Bande local government area of the state, The Nation gathered is the guardian of Blessing whose parents live in a community that the accused served before his transfer to Aba.
Sources around the family disclosed that after his transfer from Ukeze community, the Assemblies of God pastor went to the family of Blessing to plead with them to allow their daughter live with them, promising that he would see her through her education.
It was gathered that Blessing whose father is a commercial motorcyclist and mother, a farmer could not resist the request of the guardian having known him while he served in a branch of the church in their village without knowing that he had evil motives.
Our correspondent reports that the bubble however bursted on Thursday after teachers in her school noticed her strange behaviour.
Some of the female teachers in the school that noticed her strange behaviour were said to have taken her into their office to find out what was the reason for such sudden change.
A police source who spoke in confidence told our correspondent that the traumatized minor after being stabilized by the teachers, opened up to narrate her experience in the hands of the pastor.
According to the police source, Blessing told the teachers that she has been abused once, but on that fateful morning while she was about coming to school, her guardian came to make love to her, she refused, but the man forced himself on her and upon discovering that she was seeing her menstural cycle, asked her to suck his genital.
She told the teachers that the trauma of performing the oral sex and the guardian ejaculating into her mouth was the cause of her strange behaviour.
The teachers were said to have alerted the school management who after hearing Blessing’s decided to take her to the police clinic for proper examination over her claims.
It was gathered that when the police gave them the permission to take the minor to a private hospital for medical examination as medical workers in government hospitals were yet to resume work from their six months strike that he been called off, it was discovered that she has had multiple penetrations.
When asked by the medical staff, the abused minor admitted that her guardian has had multiple rounds of sex with her.
Asked if she has disclosed the pastor’s escapades with the wife, she said that she told the pastor’s wife at time and when she confronted him, he denied it, but has continued sleeping with her behind his wife.
It was gathered that the revelation of the minor forced police to arrest the accused same Thursday.
Pastor Orji is currently being questioned by the Human Rights section of the Area Command who are handling the case.
It was gathered that the abused minor is expected to be handed over to her family (who were already at the Area Command at the time of filing the report) by the police in whose custody the minor past the night for her safety.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka confirmed the arrest of the Pastor Chukwuemeka Orji for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a minor who is his house help.
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ASP Chinaka in a telephone conversation disclosed that Pastor Orji would be arraigned in court immediately investigation was concluded.