The trainee pastor is accused of following her to a school
where she is now enrolled to continue with her education.
The student pastor (name withheld to protect the minor)
allegedly impregnated the secondary school teenager and then disappeared for
four months.
The girl’s parents then took her back to school after she
gave birth.The parents then took the matter to the civil court seeking a
protection order for their daughter against the rookie pastor.
“I am seeking a protection order for my daughter against
(the trainee pastor) who claims to be my son-in-law. I only know him as my
daughter’s boyfriend.
“They have a child together, but he ran away from my
daughter for four months. When we decided to take our daughter back to school
and to nurture our grandchild, he then returned.
“He is now staying closer to my house and is harassing my
daughter threatening to kill her. He also goes to her school claiming that she
is his wife. He tries to steal our grandchild,” the father of the minor told
the court.
He said the trainee pastor was once arrested for
impregnating the minor, but was later set free.
The rookie pastor wept uncontrollably in court as he denied
charges of planning to swatch the child.
“I only came to stay near my in-laws’ house because it is
closer to my church. I am a theology student training to be a pastor. I want to
build a family with my wife, but her father often insults me and sends people
to assault me,” he said.
He denied ever following the girl to school saying he only
asked her to meet him while on her way to school.
“I love this girl (referring to the minor) and would want
to marry her. I also do not have problems with her, but I guess the one who has
problems with me is my father-in-law. His daughter is the one who actually
invites me to her place of study and warns me about a lot of things that his
father wants to do to me,” he said.
Chibende ordered the trainee pastor to stop visiting the
minor and to stay away from her school. Newsday
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