MANY found it hard to believe. They made calls to
confirm if those close to the bishop had heard the story. But the ‘man of God’ himself told the story
before journalists at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze narrated the story of
how he allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl after ministering at Calvary Army
Ministry, Rumuoji Eneka in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers state. He blamed it on the devil and also accused his
host as the one who set him up. According to the cleric, after he finished
ministering, he retired to rest. The girl later came for deliverance.
He said that while he was pleading the blood of
Jesus on the little girl, she started removing her dress. Before he could
restrain her, he said he found himself on top of her.
“But to my greatest surprise, I was surprised
when I saw her pulling off her blouse and skirt. But, before I knew it, I had a
carnal knowledge of her. That is the truth of the matter.”
His head suddenly dropped after the confession,
then went up again; this time he said anybody could have fallen for it.
According to him, when he realised he had sinned
against God, he called some junior pastors to tell them what he had done to
pray for him. Nwabueze said he took a second look at the little
girl who probably was still lying nude and waiting for a second round and what
he saw pissed him off.
“She started laughing at me. She said ‘are you
angry?’ I told her that I did not know she had hypnotised me. She said I should
not bother,” the bishop said.
“I was so angry and annoyed that I called some of
my pastors and made a confession, that I did not know what was happening.”
Nwabueze said it was not true that he raped the
girl, stressing that it was a consensual act. He also dismissed the
allegation that he later procured abortion for the girl when the father
called to inform him that she was pregnant. According to him, it was the
girl’s father that did it but he paid the bills.
The bishop maintained that the pastor of the
church where he went to preach set him up and he fell for it.
“We have different Colleges of Bishops. I am the
Chairman of the Communion of Bishops in Rivers State. Well, what actually
happened was a set up. It was set-up by my enemies. I have so many people who
are my enemies. The man in-charge of where I went to minister is my enemy. He
is the person that set me up,” he stated.
“He invited me to his church for a programme,
claiming to be my friend. After the programme, he set me up because of
the tussle over the chairmanship of the communion.”
Meanwhile, the police have advised Christians to
be vigilant and ask the right questions sometimes on the actions of some
pastors. This way the police said, Christians could different between true and
fake pastors.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of
Rivers SCID, Mr Samuel Okaula, who paraded the bishop and a male nurse who
allegedly facilitated the abortion, also said people should be conscious of
worship centres. He said Nwabueze would be arraigned before the court to serve
as a deterrent.
Reacting to the development, Executive Director,
Institute of Human rights and Humanitarian Law, IHRHL, Mr Ayankwee Nsirimovu,
described the action of the bishop as unfortunate as it was done by one
in a position of spiritual trust. He said the incident was one case out
of the experiences of under aged girls, married and single women in the
offices of randy bishops and clergy men.
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