Twenty eight year old pastor’s aide rapes three year old girl

Weird World indeed! A 28-year-old, Bethel Samuel, is now facing the wrath of the law for raping a 3 year old girl. The weird part of the story is that Samuel is not just a “born again” Christian, he is a “trusted aide” to his pastor in one of Nigeria’s new generation church.

He was arrested by security operatives from the Rumuolumini Police Station, Port Harcourt on Saturday. The suspect, who confessed to the crime, said: “I did not know what came over me.”

His victim, according to him, is the daughter of one of the pastor’s neighbours. He blamed the devil for misleading him.

“I am the personal assistant to my pastor at Divine Assembly. We were organising a crusade. We went out to paste the crusade posters when my pastor called me. He directed me to go to his house and bring some money. It was there that I saw the children playing around. I grabbed one of them and that was what happened. It was purely the handiwork of the devil.”

It was gathered that the three-year-old victim had been taken to the hospital for treatment.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, said the suspect was arrested after relatives of the victim raised alarm and the matter was reported to the police. He said the suspect would be charged to court at the end of investigations.

Meanwhile, an Ikeja Magistrate Court in Lagos remanded one Idris Abu, 43, who also pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his two-year-old daughter.

The Magistrate, Elias T.A, remanded Abu to Kirikiri Prisons for two weeks before the sentencing, which will commence on 19^th October when facts of the case will be presented.

During the first court hearing on Wednesday, the prosecutor, Sgt. Rachael Donny, told the court that the accused inserted his finger in his daughter’s private part on July 29 at his residence.

“The accused always inserted one of his figures into his baby’s private part, ignoring her cries.”

Donny said that the mother of the child noticed that the baby always complained that she felt pains on her private part.

The prosecutor said that the accused had earlier directed his wife to be sleeping in their parlour, preferring share their bedroom with only the child.

“The baby used to cry in the middle of the night; whenever the mother rushed to the room she would see her husband naked with their daughter, with his manhood erected while he was dipping his finger in her vagina.”

Abu would threaten his wife with divorce whenever the woman confronted him to stop the act, the prosecutor reported.

The judge noted that the offence contravened Section 135 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The section provides for seven years imprisonment on conviction.

Culled from Punch