Posted on: 04:48 Tue, 08 Mar 2016



A 29-year-old man of God in Ebonyi
State, identified as Pastor David Ibe,
has been arrested and detained by the
police in Ebonyi State for allegedly
raping a female church member,
Nnenaya Okute, because she refused
to accept to marry him.

New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports
that Ibe who is the clergy in charge
of Christ Command Mission,
Onicha-Igboeze, Onicha Local
Government Area of the state, had
allegedly lured Okute to an
uncompleted building where he
defiled her, leaving her with severe
bruises.

The Police Public Relatins officer
(PPRO), in the state, DSP George
Okafor, who confirmed the arrest,
noted that Pastor Ibe committed the
offence on February 27, 2016,
when he lured the unsuspecting
Okute to an uncompleted building
at Umuobunna Uburu and sexually
assaulted her.

“The suspect is an impostor who is
among those claiming to be pastors
but dent God’s image through their
atrocities.

He has been arrested and has
confessed to committing the crime,
though he claimed that she refused
to marry him after investing
heavily on her.

It is terrible that he choose to rape
the girl for refusing to marry him,
as he will be used to set example to
others who commit such crimes.”

Okafor therefore warned members
of the public to be wary of evil men
in cassocks, claiming to be genuine
men of God.