A
woman who got s*xually abused by her own pastor inside their church
building, while she was yet pregnant, has delivered her babies.
Esther James during her pregnancy
This is Mrs Esther James, a woman who was allegedly r*ped by her own church pastor, Treasure Igbonazabi, while she was pregnant.
The woman has has finally delivered a set of twins.
According to P. M. Express, it was gathered the woman put to bed
after months of apprehension due to complication arising from the
assault by the pastor.
Pastor Igbonazabi of the Living Word Revival Assembly Church in
Egbeda, Lagos was arrested and charged to a Lagos court with sexually
assault and rape of Esther inside the church premises located at Samuel
Banjo Street, Car Wash Bus Stop, Abule-Odo, Egbeda, Lagos.
Esther was eight-month pregnant when the incident happened.
Due to the forcefully penetration by the pastor, Esther was injured
and started bleeding from her private part and was rushed to a hospital
where she has been under special intensive care unit until she
delivered.
The husband, Mr. James confirmed the news as he expressed gratitude to God after the delivery.
Esther was under intense pressure to withdraw the matter before the
court because of the negative image it has on the church, but her
husband insisted she must first deliver before he could consider any
other thing due to the complication.
PM Express reports that though the church management has sacked
Igbonazabi from the church, he is still facing trial at the court for
the alleged offence.
It had been revealed that the police at Area M Command, Idimu
arrested and docked Igbonazabi for allegedly s*xually assault and r*pe
Esther inside the church premises.
The suspect was arraigned before Magistrate’s court sitting in
Ejigbo with conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, assault and
having forcefully carnal knowledge of the victim.
Esther's husband, Mr James
He was remanded in prison custody.
The cleric, who hail from Ihiala town in Anambra State and married
with four children, allegedly tore Esther’s pant who is married with
five children and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her from her back.
Pastor Igbonazabi was said to have had anal s*x with the pregnant woman.
The victim said she went to fetch water from a tap inside the
church premises in the evening when Igbonazabi came out from his
apartment wearing boxer pant, grabbed her and tore her pant and
forcefully penetrated her from her back when her husband had not
returned from work.
The James family moved into the church premises after the husband’s
business collapsed and they were unable to pay for their rent in
January this year.
When they moved into an apartment inside the church and became a
full member of the church, Igbonazabi started pestering Esther for sex
before she became pregnant.
The woman said she was afraid to tell her husband for fear of
losing the accommodation offered to her family by the church until the
day the pastor allegedly raped her.
She said she couldn’t hide what the pastor did to her especially with the bleeding thus she told her husband what happened.
The matter was reported to the police who arrested Igbonazabi and charged him to court where he pleaded not guilty.
Igbonazabi had confessed he had been sleeping with Esther in the
church premises and denied he raped her as claimed by the police.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi granted the suspects
bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum and remanded in
prison untill he will perfected his bail conditions.
The matter was further adjourned till 30 January 2017.
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