Many found it hard to believe. They made calls to confirm if those close to the bishop had heard the story.
But
the ‘man of God’ himself told the story before journalists at the
State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Port Harcourt, Rivers
State.
Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze narrated the story of how he allegedly raped
a 15-year-old girl after ministering at Calvary Army Ministry, Rumuoji
Eneka in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers state.
He
blamed it on the devil and also accused his host as the one who set him
up. According to the cleric, after he finished ministering, he retired
to rest. The girl later came for deliverance.
He said that while
he was pleading the blood of Jesus on the little girl, she started
removing her dress. Before he could restrain her, he said he found
himself on top of her.
“But to my greatest surprise, I was
surprised when I saw her pulling off her blouse and skirt. But, before I
knew it, I had a carnal knowledge of her. That is the truth of the
matter.”
His head suddenly dropped after the confession, then went up again; this time he said anybody could have fallen for it.
According
to him, when he realised he had sinned against God, he called some
junior pastors to tell them what he had done to pray for him.
Nwabueze
said he took a second look at the little girl who probably was still
lying nude and waiting for a second round and what he saw pissed him
off.
“She started laughing at me. She said ‘are you angry?’ I told
her that I did not know she had hypnotised me. She said I should not
bother,” the bishop said.
“I was so angry and annoyed that I called some of my pastors and made a confession, that I did not know what was happening.”
Nwabueze
said it was not true that he raped the girl, stressing that it was a
consensual act. He also dismissed the allegation that he later procured
abortion for the girl when the father called to inform him that she was
pregnant. According to him, it was the girl’s father that did it but
he paid the bills.
The bishop maintained that the pastor of the church where he went to preach set him up and he fell for it.
“We
have different Colleges of Bishops. I am the Chairman of the Communion
of Bishops in Rivers State. Well, what actually happened was a set up.
It was set-up by my enemies. I have so many people who are my enemies.
The man in-charge of where I went to minister is my enemy. He is the
person that set me up,” he stated.
“He invited me to his church
for a programme, claiming to be my friend. After the programme, he set
me up because of the tussle over the chairmanship of the communion.”
Meanwhile,
the police have advised Christians to be vigilant and ask the right
questions sometimes on the actions of some pastors. This way the police
said, Christians could different between true and fake pastors.
Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of Rivers SCID, Mr Samuel Okaula, who
paraded the bishop and a male nurse who allegedly facilitated the
abortion, also said people should be conscious of worship centres. He
said Nwabueze would be arraigned before the court to serve as a
deterrent.
Reacting to the development, Executive Director,
Institute of Human rights and Humanitarian Law, IHRHL, Mr Ayankwee
Nsirimovu, described the action of the bishop as unfortunate as it was
done by one in a position of spiritual trust. He said the incident was
one case out of the experiences of under aged girls, married and single
women in the offices of randy bishops and clergy men.
source:Vanguard
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