The General Overseer of a new generation church in Lagos, Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry, Pastor Chukwuma Nkwocha, has been arrested by the State Police Command for allegedly enslaving 30 underage girls whose ages range between 10 and 15, and severally having intercourse with them.
According to the Command's Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Dolapo Badmos, the 38-year-old
Nkwocha whose is located in the Shogunle area of state, was arrested by
operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Tuesday, August 30,
2016, during a church service, following a tip-off on his activities.
He was said to have lured the girls,
who were either stranded or had no place to go, with the promise of providing
them shelter, to his house and used the opportunity to take turns defiling them.
Nkwocha was reportedly taken away
from the church premises along with the girls after they were rescued.
SP Badmos also stated that the
Commissioner of Police in the state, Fatai Owoseni, has ordered a
thorough investigation of the case.
“The Command rescued about 30 young
girls from the pastor’s custody and two of them acknowledged he has carnal
knowledge of them. An investigation is ongoing.”
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