Police in Anambra State has paraded the General Overseer of Mount Zion
Ministries, in Obosi, Evangelist Chukwudi Chukwumezie, also known as
Agudo Jesus for raping a minor.
The pastor, who was confirmed by witnesses to have been involved in
previous cases of rape, involving minors, was said to have lured the
victim to his church, with the prophesy that she had a bright future but
was hindered by evil spirits.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed,
who paraded the suspect, told journalists that the police obtained a
medical report, showing that the victim (name withheld) had a
penetration, and the hymen lacerated.
Haruna said, “On 24th September 2019, we got a report from a woman in
Obosi police station that the pastor of Mountain Zion Ministry, Obosi
had an unlawful canal knowledge of her daughter.
“Police officers went to the scene, inspected it and victim was rushed
to hospital and medical report revealed that her vagina was penetrated
and laceration of the hymen of the victim occurred.
“Police went to the hotel and the evidence seen at the hotel
corresponded with what the victim told the police.”
The victim, a 15-year old Senior Secondary One student according to her
had been lured by the pastor into his car, after conducting a
deliverance session on her.
“I didn’t know what happened immediately I entered his car, but I
regained consciousness in a room, and I was naked, and the pastor was on
top of me, and there was blood in my private part.”
Mother of the victim, Mrs Edith Idika, also confirmed that her daughter
was raped. She said she had visited the pastor with her daughter, when
he told her she needed to under go deliverance.
“I sent my daughter there, especially as the pastor had said that my
daughter had bright future, but had something covering her. He even said
he was ready to train her for us.”
The suspect, however, denied the allegations, saying she only prayed for
the girl, and since she was the last person to leave the church, he
decided to drop her at her house, but sped past her house.
“When I asked her, she said I had passed her house, so I stopped at Nkwo
ATM point since I had to withdraw money to pay transportation for our
members who were going to the mountain.”
He denied having canal knowledge of the minor, insisting that the girl
was being used to set him up by another pastor, who was operating at
Obosi.