A
mother, Ngozi Offor, on Thursday told an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court how
Pastor Basil Princewill of Mountain Movers Fire Ministry allegedly defiled her
14-year-old daughter (names withheld) and made her undergo an ab0rtion after
she became pregnant.
The
woman, who was led in evidence by Prosecutor Bulus Samuel, said her daughter
told her that the pastor invited her for a deliverance exercise and requested
for oil as well as handkerchief.
She
alleged that on the appointed day, the pastor asked her daughter to undress and
when she tried to protest, he slapped her.
“He is feared so much in the church and known as papa,” the mother said.
“He is feared so much in the church and known as papa,” the mother said.
She
alleged further that the pastor poured oil on her daughter and told her that
the next part of the exercise is supposed to be performed by her husband but
since she does not have one, he will represent him.
“He
undressed himself and put a handkerchief on my daughter’s head, which made her
dumb before having canal knowledge of her,” the mother alleged.
She
said when the pastor discovered that her daughter had missed her period; he
made her undergo an abortion.
The
woman also told the court that people in the church taught the pastor was a
lawyer because he usually writes in his fliers, almanac and books that he read
law and philosophy. A copy of the flier and almanac were tendered as exhibits
in the court.
When
the prosecutor then sought to know whether the woman had the original copy of
the medical report in court, she said photocopies were submitted to the police
while the original was at home.
The
prosecutor then sought for adjournment in the case so that the victim’s mother
can tender the required documents, which were not in her possession in court.
The
defense counsel objected to the request and urged the court to compel the
prosecutor to tell the court the nature of the document.
He
said the prosecutor ought to have been prepared for his case, adding that the
document from the evidence is a scan test certificate that should be presented
by a medical doctor.
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