MY WIFE DENIES ME SEX – Awka Pastor who abused minor confesses
... Says “i just fingered the girl once”
A 65-year-old man, Francis Ogwu, who is a pastor and general overseer of Jesus House of Joy Church, Awka, has confessed to abusing a 7-year-old girl, saying, ”My wife usually denies me sex anytime I desired her.”
According to News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN), the suspect, Ogwu, was arrested following an alarm raised by concerned town residents.
The media aide to Anambra Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Miss Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, said this in a statement to newsmen in Awka on Thursday.
Ogwu confessed to the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, that he “just fingered the girl once”
He denied allegations of penetration as against what the seven-year-old victim said.
Meanwhile, the seven-year-old, who narrated her side of the story, said the suspect had carnal knowledge of her over three times.
She informed the Commissioner that her guardian Ogwu usually gave her money ranging from N500 to N1,000 after each experience.
She also said that at some point, she was accused by the pastor’s wife of snatching the husband from her.
The girl noted that what prompted her to leave was the beating she got by the suspect’s daughter at any slightest mistake.
Speaking, the mother of the victim, a native of Awka, Destiny Nwabueze, stated that she handed the daughter over to the Ogwu family due to their cordial relationship over time.
Nwabueze said that she was shocked when her daughter returned and told her of the development.
She revealed that she quickly called the suspect, who upon arrival denied the allegations, which prompted her to involve other people by raising alarm.
Reacting to the ugly incident, Obinabo said she would ensure the seven-year-old got justice.
The Commissioner advised women to always be vigilant over their husbands behaviours.
She also advised women to stop starving their husbands of sex as that could lead to bad behavior for some men.
Obinabo, who charged women to always protect their girl child at all cost, noted that defilement was no longer excusable in Anambra State.
Ogwu was kept under police custody as the case would be charged to court.
NAN
