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| Irene Ugbo, C/River Police Public Relations Officer |
28 June 2019
The Cross River State Police command has paraded one Pastor Hossana Okoi of Gate of Testimony Church Sierra Leon for allegedly raping a lady NEGROIDHAVEN can say authoritatively.
Parading the suspects, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Agbonlahor, said Pastor Okoi had claimed that his church was located in Sierra Leone and that he was arrested after a lady reported to the police that a pastor, who was supposed to pray for her had raped her and threatened her with a gun not to report the incident.
The victim had reported that the pastor raped her in an uncompleted building while showing her around a site he intends to open a branch of the church in Nigeria.
However, Pastor Okoi told reporters during an interview that he was framed up by the lady in question. He said, “I am a Nigerian but I am the pastor of Gate of Testimony Church based in Sierra Leone.
“I came to Nigeria and I met the lady, who said she was going to a wedding. I did not know her from Adam, but I offered to take her there and gave her N500 to drink water.
“Later, we met at a joint and we drank and that is all that happened. I did not take her to anywhere and I don’t know why she decided to frame me up that I raped her in an uncompleted building.
The Commissioner of police assured that a thorough investigation will be carried out including medical examination to ascertain the rape claim.
-NAN
