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How Bishop raped me twice – Assistant pastor tells court
How Bishop raped me twice – Assistant pastor tells court
A 23-year-old assistant pastor on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a bishop, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, allegedly raped her twice.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwafeyiropo is standing trial on an amended three-count-charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The assistant pastor (name withheld) testified for the prosecution at the bishop’s trial.
She was led in evidence by Lagos State counsel, Mr Babajide Boye.
She told the court that she was an assistant pastor of 1 Reign Christian Ministry founded by the bishop.
She said that she knew the bishop on May 28, 2018, when her friend invited her for a church programme at which the bishop ministered, at Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State.
She said that the programme was tagged “Strictly Supernatural”.
According to her, she subsequently became a member of the church and rose to the position of an assistant pastor.
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She said that Pastor Boluwatishe Oladejo took over from Pastor Toyosi Bamise as the Lead Pastor then.
The witness told the court that the bishop, who she regarded as her spiritual father, raped her at his residence on Ikota Villa Estate, Lekki, Lagos State, on June 21, 2020.
The witness said: “I was listening to Pastor Chris’s message when bishop came to the three-seater chair I was sitting on and told me to go naked.
“For the fear of what happened a day before, I went naked, and bishop locked the door, increased the volume of the television and went naked also.
“He pinned me to the chair and raped me. He was bigger than me.”
The witness said that she appealed to the bishop to leave her but he did not.
“He threatened that I would run mad if I should tell anyone; so, I was in the guest room till the following day.
“On June 22, I sent a message to Pastor Boluwatishe and informed him that I had been raped,” the alleged victim testified.
She also told the court that the bishop did not allow her to go out of the house after the first alleged rape.
“He sent the gateman anytime I needed anything. It was at this time that it was dawn on me that this man is a rapist.
“For my safety, I was acting stupid and acted as if I did not tell anyone.
“I was in the room when he came again and said he wanted to have sex but I refused.
“He was very angry; so, I told him I had tears from the previous sexual violation,” she testified.
The witness said that, on June 23, 2020, the bishop also told her that he wanted to have sex with her.
“He said I should count it as a privilege that he had sex with me because many people would love to have sex with him.
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“I told him I had someone I was dating.
“That same morning of June 23, he took off my dress and raped me again in the sitting room.
“He told me I would die if I should tell anyone. I bled a second time because of the forceful entry,” she said.
She earlier told the court that the bishop called her on phone on June 5, 2020, saying that it was her turn to come with some other pastors to his house at Lekki, Lagos State.
She added that, on June 19, when she got to the house, the bishop came out from his room and told her that she had a query to answer.
She testified that the bishop told her that she would transcribe his message entitled “Fulfilling My Ministry”.
She said: “The following day, on June 20, only the bishop and I were left in the house after other pastors had left.
“The bishop told me to go on a three-hour prayer work around the estate but I came back 30 minutes before the three hours elapsed, due to rain.
“He questioned why I returned earlier, and I told him that it was due to rainfall.
“I was seated on a couch that same day listening to Pastor Chris’s message when the bishop walked up to me from the dining section and made comments on the teaching I was listening to.”
She testified that the bishop thereafter told her to pull off her clothe but didn’t rape her.
“He said he wanted to know my loyalty and see If I had finally submitted to him.
“I told him I could do anything for him but sex. He tried kissing me but I stopped him; then, he slapped me.
“He ordered me to wear back my clothe, saying that I disappointed him,” the witness said.
She testified that on June 24, 2020, the bishop told her to clean up the house.
“That was when Sister Faith and Pastor Toyosi came to the house.
“I tried to talk to Pastor Toyosi but bishop did not give me a breathing space until he travelled to Ghana and I went home.”
The alleged survivor also told the court that the defendant sent N5,000 to her from Ghana to treat herself because of the tears she had.
“He got back to Nigeria with his two children and wife, and when the wife asked why I could not walk well, bishop told her I contacted a disease from toilet.
“He came to meet me about 3.30 a.m. in the guest room and brought out a rod for me to swear with, that I would run mad if I should tell anyone that he raped me, which I did out of fear.
“He took me to First City Hospital, Lekki, where Dr Tina Clement, a member of the church attended to me, ran some tests, gave me drugs and sent the results to him.
“When the doctor asked what happened to me, bishop told me to tell her I was raped by my friend, and he was with me throughout the tests,” she said.
NAN reports that a computer printout of chats between her and the defendant was admitted in evidence.
NAN also reports that Oluwafeyiropo is also alleged to have had sexual intercourse with one other person and sexually assaulted another, aged 19 years, by forcefully sucking her breasts.
According to Lagos State Government, which is prosecuting the case, the alleged offences contravene Sections 260(2) and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until May 24 for cross-examination of the witness and continuation of trial.
How Bishop raped me twice – Assistant pastor tells court
(NAN)
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2 top bandit kingpins, 12 others killed in supremacy battle
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Two prominent bandit kingpins, Kachala Gwande and Kachallah Madagwal as well as 12 other fighters have been killed after a confrontation erupted at Kaurar Zomo village in the Kunchin Kalgo district of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State.
The deadly fight involved three rival bandit groups operating in the area.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, that Alhaji Tsauni’s group, Kachallah Jafaru’s group, and Kachallah Gwandu’s group, clashed in a fierce gun battle, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at approximately 15:45 hours, resulting in the reported deaths of over 10 bandits from the three factions.
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Jafaru, a notorious bandit kingpin known to operate from Faskari LGA in Katsina state, descended upon Kaurar Zomo village, which serves as Tsauni’s stronghold, under undisclosed circumstances that led to the violent confrontation.
Jafaru’s fighters were said to have overpowered and naturalised Gwande and his fighters.
The fight, however, escalated to other enclaves shortly after the news of Gwande’s death broke, resulting in another heavy gun battle with Kachallah Madagwal’s group, who was neutralised in the aftermath of the shootout.
Zagazola understands that several bandits who sustained severe gunshot wounds were promptly evacuated to Munhaye Health Facility for urgent medical attention.
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She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Gwoza LGA of Borno State on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, exactly ten years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists alongside over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014.
Intelligence sources, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed that Lydia, who was tagged serial number 68 among the abducted schoolgirls, escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity for several years.
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