Pastor Elijah Gichangi accused of raping his niece
A pastor who was on the run has been arrested by the police after
angry residents tried to castrate him for r*ping his orphaned niece.
ACK pastor Elijah Gichangi, 37, from Embu's Mbiruri County was
charged yesterday for allegedly defiling his seven-year old orphaned
niece by Principal Magistrate Robinson Oigara as curious residents
thronged the court to have a glimpse of the accused.
According to The Nairobian, Gichangi was arrested on Tuesday
evening after residents cornered him and informed police. According to
the minor, the clergyman lured her to his house as if to send her on an
errand then forcibly removed her clothes and forced himself into her.
"He took off my clothes and proceeded to defile me. He
threatened me not to tell anyone about it or else he would harm me. This
was the second time he defiled me. I want him to face the law," she told the press.
The randy pastor has been charged for unlawfully and intentionally
defiling the minor. He also faced alternative charges of indecent act
with the minor. The suspect too was taken to Embu Level Five Hospital
for examinations where a large crowd, among them faithful in his church,
turned up and jeered him while calling for his castration to protect
their children.
Telling the story, the girl's guardian claimed that the pastor's
wife had left earlier that day leaving the man alone when he beckoned
the girl from among her friends that she were playing with.
Embu West OCPD Francis Sang' said they took the girl to hospital
for examinations to determine if she had been defiled. Sang' indicated
police were waiting for results from hospital tests coupled to their
investigations before the man can be arraigned.
"Our investigations are on course to determine if defilement
happened. The pastor and the girl are related and we also learnt the
family has a bitter land dispute that is before court. We want to find
out if the man could have been fixed into the issue due to the land
feud. We are determined to ensure justice is done," he said.
Wawira Njue, a local leader, said the girl was seriously traumatised and in need of counselling to overcome the ordeal.
The pastor's lawyer, Wairimu Rugaita begged the court to release on
bond arguing that his client was a young pastor with a young family.
He was released on a Sh100,000 bond with surety of similar or cash bail of Sh50,000 with the cases slated for May 30, 2016.
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