BEVERLY HILLS, September 01, (THEWILL) – The Lagos state police command has arrested one Chukwuma Nkwocha, General Overseer of the Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry, in the Shogunle area of the state, for allegedly keeping 13 under-aged girls as sex slaves.
THEWILL gathered that Nkwocha was holding a service on Tuesday when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) stormed the church to pick him up.
Dolapo Badmos, police public relations officer (PPRO) in the state, disclosed that two of the girls had confessed that Nkwocha had carnal knowledge of them adding that Fatai Owoseni, the state Commissioner of police, had ordered investigation into the case.
“The command rescued about 13 young girls from the pastor’s custody,” Dolapo said.
“Two of them acknowledged he had canal knowledge of them. However, investigation is ongoing.”
However a brother of the pastor, identified as Ikechukwu, denied the allegation that the pastor was having affairs with the girls saying he was only assisting them.
“The girl whom the pastor had disagreement with was brought to the church by a member after complaining of accommodation problem to that person,” he said.
“He is such a nice person. When some of the girls come to the church and complain of accommodation, he always comes to their aid by providing them an apartment in his house.
“The pastor is my blood brother. It was God who called him. Even as part of his efforts to alleviate the suffering of some of his church members, he is paying their school fees.
“He also registered some of them for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) and the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)-conducted Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
“He is only assisting them; why should they pay him back in this form?”
Updates: the number of the girls has been edited to 13 and not 30
Story by David Oputah
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