Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 42yrs old
cleric, Pastor Chidiebere Ikpa, for allegedly raping his
stepdaughter, Ngozi (real names withheld), in the Surulere
area of the state.
Pastor Ikpa, who denied the allegation, told PUNCH that it
was a neighbour, identified only as Richard, that did defile
the 14-year-old girl, but he decided not to report the matter
to the police because he (Pastor Ikpa) had a forgiving
character.
But Ngozi, an SS2 student, who eventually reported the
incident to police last Friday, January 15, insisted that she
was r*ped by the pastor several times.
The girl added that whenever she told her mother about it,
she usually shouted her down, and refused to take any
action on the matter.
Pastor Ikpa, who hails from the Bende LGA of Abia State,
was arrested by policemen from Isokoko division, while
Ngozi was taken for medical examination at the Mirabel
Centre, Ikeja.
The test reportedly confirmed that the girl’s private parts
had been “tampered with.”
A police source told PUNCH that Ngozi reported that Pastor
Ikpa had allegedly been sleeping with her since she was 10
years old and was the one who deflowered her.
She said, “The victim claimed that the suspect deflowered
her when she was 10 years. He had allegedly been
s*xually molesting the girl since that time.
“The victim’s mother is culpable because she knew about
the abuses. The girl said it was when her mother failed to
take concrete steps that she came to the police.”
But the pastor said he flogged the girl last Thursday and
she disappeared from the house, not knowing she came to
the police to lie against him.
He said, “The girl started living with me when she was 12
or thereabout. That was around 2012. It is not true that I
r*ped her. I flogged her on Thursday for being rude and
she did not return home after school. We did not see her
until Friday. She had been with the police.
“The girl has a boyfriend; his name is Richard. He is the
manager of a hotel on Rasak Balogun Street. If the medical
result shows someone has been sleeping with Ngozi, then
it is Richard, not me.
“It is a mystery to me that the girl is claiming that I slept
with her. When we caught Richard and confronted him
sometime last year, he started begging. The mistake I
made was that I did not report to police.
“My wife got furious and said we must report the matter to
the police, but the man started begging, sending text
messages to me. I forgave him. I am a pastor.
“I was working under a church, but since I moved to this
area, I have not pastored any church.”
Again, Ngozi insisted that Pastor Ikpa was lying and he had
slept with her on several occasions.
She said, “The first time that he would r*pe me was about
five years ago. My mother sent me to give food to him in
his own house. I was then staying in my father’s house.
That was when he took advantage of me and r*ped me.
“The man he mentioned is not my boyfriend. Richard was
the man I reported to when I told my mother about the r*pe
and she did not believe me. Richard advised me to leave
everything to God.
“Sometimes, when everyone was sleeping, he would come
to the room where I was with my other sisters and he
would r*pe me. I would be hitting my sisters trying to wake
them, but they did not wake at such times.”
Police investigators are trying to find out the truth.
Question is, who is lying between Pastor and Ngozi?
cleric, Pastor Chidiebere Ikpa, for allegedly raping his
stepdaughter, Ngozi (real names withheld), in the Surulere
area of the state.
Pastor Ikpa, who denied the allegation, told PUNCH that it
was a neighbour, identified only as Richard, that did defile
the 14-year-old girl, but he decided not to report the matter
to the police because he (Pastor Ikpa) had a forgiving
character.
But Ngozi, an SS2 student, who eventually reported the
incident to police last Friday, January 15, insisted that she
was r*ped by the pastor several times.
The girl added that whenever she told her mother about it,
she usually shouted her down, and refused to take any
action on the matter.
Pastor Ikpa, who hails from the Bende LGA of Abia State,
was arrested by policemen from Isokoko division, while
Ngozi was taken for medical examination at the Mirabel
Centre, Ikeja.
The test reportedly confirmed that the girl’s private parts
had been “tampered with.”
A police source told PUNCH that Ngozi reported that Pastor
Ikpa had allegedly been sleeping with her since she was 10
years old and was the one who deflowered her.
She said, “The victim claimed that the suspect deflowered
her when she was 10 years. He had allegedly been
s*xually molesting the girl since that time.
“The victim’s mother is culpable because she knew about
the abuses. The girl said it was when her mother failed to
take concrete steps that she came to the police.”
But the pastor said he flogged the girl last Thursday and
she disappeared from the house, not knowing she came to
the police to lie against him.
He said, “The girl started living with me when she was 12
or thereabout. That was around 2012. It is not true that I
r*ped her. I flogged her on Thursday for being rude and
she did not return home after school. We did not see her
until Friday. She had been with the police.
“The girl has a boyfriend; his name is Richard. He is the
manager of a hotel on Rasak Balogun Street. If the medical
result shows someone has been sleeping with Ngozi, then
it is Richard, not me.
“It is a mystery to me that the girl is claiming that I slept
with her. When we caught Richard and confronted him
sometime last year, he started begging. The mistake I
made was that I did not report to police.
“My wife got furious and said we must report the matter to
the police, but the man started begging, sending text
messages to me. I forgave him. I am a pastor.
“I was working under a church, but since I moved to this
area, I have not pastored any church.”
Again, Ngozi insisted that Pastor Ikpa was lying and he had
slept with her on several occasions.
She said, “The first time that he would r*pe me was about
five years ago. My mother sent me to give food to him in
his own house. I was then staying in my father’s house.
That was when he took advantage of me and r*ped me.
“The man he mentioned is not my boyfriend. Richard was
the man I reported to when I told my mother about the r*pe
and she did not believe me. Richard advised me to leave
everything to God.
“Sometimes, when everyone was sleeping, he would come
to the room where I was with my other sisters and he
would r*pe me. I would be hitting my sisters trying to wake
them, but they did not wake at such times.”
Police investigators are trying to find out the truth.
Question is, who is lying between Pastor and Ngozi?
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