A human rights group, Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, today, 15th June, reported the case of a pastor who defiled a 19-month-old toddler.
The Non-Governmental Organisation said a certain Ms Cindy called in on Monday night to report that her older sister’s husband, a pastor residing in Asaba, Delta State sexually assaulted her baby girl.
She stated that she returned from work to find the 19-month-old girl bleeding. When she asked her what happened, she said that her uncle touched her bum bum.
The little girl was still bleeding when her mother returned. Unfortunately, no one was able to take her to the hospital or go to the police station at that time of the night because of the delicate security situation in Asaba.
The rights group said that they “have advised her to go to the nearest Police station tomorrow morning and obtain a medical form that she will take to the hospital. We will proceed from there.”
The group later reported that the Delta Police Command was alerted following which Kalu Ijeoma, the accused pastor of Deliverance Evangelical Church, Onitsha was arrested.
He was arrested on Tuesday morning by men of 8 Division Police Station, Asaba.
The statement from the rights group:
Centre For Basic Rights Protection And Accountability Campaign
“We just received a distress call this night from one Ms.Cindy(surname withheld) that her Elder sister’s Husband who is also a an Assistant Pastor in one of the Pentecostal church in Asaba,Delta State defiled her 19 months old daugther. Ms.Cindy said she came back from work and saw her 19-month-old daughter bleeding and she told her is uncle that touched her bumbum.
“The little girl is still bleeding as Ms.Cindy could not go to hospital this night or to Police station because of the security situation in Asaba Delta State. We have advised her to go to the nearest Police station tomorrow morning and obtain medical form that she will take to the hospital.
We will proceed from there.
“The Pastor Mr Kalu Ijeoma of Deliverance Evangelical Church At Onitsha who allegedly defiled 19 MONTH old child of his wife’s younger sister has been arrested by B-Division Police station in Asaba ,Delta state on Tuesday morning where the alleged incident took place.
“The Pastor had in a telephone interview with Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign said he is innocent of the allegation against him by the wife’s sister.
“Centre for Basic Rights calls for a thorough and unbiased investigation into the alleged defilement of 19 months old girl.”