An Upper Area Court in Jos Friday remanded a 35- year-old Pastor, Yakubu Izang, in prison for allegedly defiling two under age girls.
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The accused, who resides at Yan-trailer area of Jos, was arraigned for allegedly defiling the minors, who were entrusted to his care for special prayers.
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He had told girls' elder brother, Victor Dabang, that the girls had demons in them and needed special prayers to cast out them.
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According to the police First Information Report (FIR), the accused committed the offence on June12.
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The report said that on Sept. 17 at about 1.30 p.m. Victor Dabang of Gwafang village near Jos, reported the matter at the Nasarawa Gwom Police Station.
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It said the accused convinced the complainant to hand over his sisters to him for special prayers.
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"The pastor told the complainant that there is oil he will rob on the girls' bodies and the demons will cast out.
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"Luck, however, ran out on the accused when the elder sister of the minors visited them in the house of the pastor to see how they were faring.
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"The pastor made love advances to the elder of the sisters, who turned him down and reported the matter to her elder brother," the report said.
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It stated that when the elder brother became suspicious of the activities of the pastor, he quizzed the minors, who confessed that he had been making love to them.
I don't understand all this news about this sort of strange pastors nowadays. Did they all plan to do this at the same time ??? Too bad....