Prophet Remanded For Defilement In Akwa Ibom
A 34-year-old prophet has been remanded for Defilement in Akwa Ibom State.
THE WILL reports that a High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday, remanded the prophet identified as Godson Nse Thompson, in the Correctional Centre, for alleged sexual assault on a female minor who he was seeking intercessory prayers for.Information Guide Nigeria
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Justice Bassey Nkanang, the trial judge ordered the remand of Godson Nse Thompson, a native of Ikot Offiong Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Council, after hearing the evidence of the victim, who is a Senior Secondary (SS) 1 student of a government secondary school in the state.
THE WILL reports that the victim who is a native of Ikot Uboh in Nsit Ubium, told the court that while living with her older sister in Uyo and went to the church at Information Drive, Uyo with her in-law.
Narrating the incident she said that her in-law left at about 6:00p.m, the pastor took her to his house, where she was sexually abused all through the night.
She stated: “My in-law took me to a church by IBB Way, Uyo, by 6pm, saying he will pick me up by 7pm. When my in-law left the church, the accused person made a phone call to a tricyclist and the tricyclist came in. The accused person asked me to enter the tricycle, saying he was going to pray for two persons and that he would also pray for me.
“When we got there, he prayed for the first and second persons. Thereafter, the accused person and I trekked to the main road and he stopped a tricycle. We both entered it and at a certain point, the tricyclist stopped and the accused person said I should wait for him.”
According to her, she ended up in the accused person’s house, where he brought out a black liquid substance in a plastic bottle and drank before raping her.
As reported by THE WILL, the victim told the court that she started bleeding and using sanitary pads for two weeks after the incident.
She revealed that she saw ladies’ pictures and panties in different colours adding that she was able to escape when the accused person forgot to lock the door of the house.Jamb Result
Justice Bassey Nkanang ordered the accused to be taken back to prison even as the case was adjourned to August 1, 2022 for continuation of trial.
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