By Ifeoma Ikem
The presiding pastor of the Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Chris McDouglas Omosokpea, have been invited by the operatives of Nigeria Police, over alleged rape of a teenage church member (name withheld) for four years.
The 57 years old Omosokpea, whose church is located at 17/19 Mutiatu Kayode Street, off Ayodele Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos, were the victim and her family have be worshiping about 12 years ago.
Sahara Weekly learnt that the Edo State-born pastor and father of four, have been sexually abusing the victim when she was 14 years old and this continued till this year when she turned 18 years, through fake prophecies. And that the alleged heinous act became known when the victim could no longer bear it anymore.
Our reporter gathered that about four months ago the victim start withdrawing from church activities, refused participating from choir practice or meetings which she lead as one of the best choir girl of the church. But when she did not attend the choir practice, the pastor whom the victim’s family took as a father and real Man of God will pretend coming to their house to preach to her, and that in most times, the victim’s mother will call the pastor to inform him that ‘she did not know why your daughter is refusing to come the church’.
It was further learnt that when the victim, suddenly begun to act strangely in the house and isolates herself from her sibling, her mother will invites the pastor because he is closeness to the family, whom they also regarded as one of them for his intervention, due to the absence of their biological father who lives abroad.
It was also learnt that sometimes in April this year, when the victim visited her mother’s sister-in-law’s office and started behaving strange but the woman try to find out what was happening to her she refuse to speak up then the woman had to called her mother of the victim to know what was wrong with her daughter which she told her sister-in-law that she is worried about that, in fact the situation worrisome for sometime now.
It was revealed that the victim wake her mother up around 3.00am threatening to commit suicide over the trauma she was passing through that she can’t bear it again, the situation which made her mother to persuaded her and she open up on what she has been going through for four years and that the pastor they took as Daddy and trusted have been abusing her sexually with fake prophecies.
It was further learnt that the victim mother was shocked and reported the matter to the Human Rights Section of Makinde Police Station Oshodi, the Pastor was invited but he refuse to honour the invitation with different and flimsy excuses that he is in the mountain for special prayer.
When our correspondent contacted the victim’s mother on phone, she said that her “family is a member of the Church for about 12 years now. We so much trust Pastor Douglas believing he is true man God, unknowingly to me and my family he has reign my family. My daughter is one the best choir girl in the church any time she lead chorus member fell into anointing. I did not know that Pastor Douglas have secretly engage my daughter by abusing her sexually pretending to be a mentor to her for good 4 years.
“Suddenly my daughter change, withdrawn herself, she became very aggressive at any moment, i did not know where my family have wrong Pastor Douglas, everything my husband send to us, his own is number one, my trusted him much.
“Makinde Police Station, Mafoluku Oshodi, have giving us Police medical paper and we have gone to Mirabel Centre at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja (LASUTH), she was attended to and counseled as well”.
The coordinator, Advocate for Children and Vulnerable people Network (ACVPN).Mr Ebenezer Omejalile, have advised parent to always listen to their wards and monitor the sudden change of attitude because cases of rape is currently high especially when they become agressive .