A randy man of God has been apprehended after he brutally raped an 18-year-old member of his church. The General Overseer of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri was arrested and detained at the Rumuolumeni Police Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State by the police for committing the brutal act.

 

It was gathered that the shameless 50-year-old randy pastor had deceived a member of his church and raped her 18-year-old sister before he was exposed and dragged to the police.

 

Investigation revealed that the man had told about 200 members of his church that he had been battling waste pain for the past two years and stressed that God told him that a girl between the age of 12 and 18 years old would be needed to massage his waist for him to be healed.

 

Taken by their pastor's submission and in a bid to help him, a member of the church decided to offer her 18-year-old sister to help massage the pastor's waist. That was were the trouble started!

 

It was revealed that the pastor (Amakiri) decided to visit the home of his victim’s sister to get massaged while the owner of the house (victim’s sister), who is a roadside trader, had gone to do her petty trading.

 

It was during the period of visitation that the pastor brutally raped the girl for three days and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident. 

 

However, he didn't stop there. The randy man of God came the fourth day for another round of sex with the young lady which backfired.

 

The lady refused to give in on the fourth day by locking him outside. The pastor got infuriated and called the elder sister of the victim telling her that her sister was trying to stop 'God's prophecy'. The elder sister of the victim abandoned her wares at the market to come home so as to persuade the sister to help massage the pastor. It was then that the teenager explained why she has refused to let the pastor in and how he had raped her for three days now.

 

It was at that point that the trader raised the alarm and Pastor Amakiri was arrested. The pastor has since confessed to the crime. He said: 

 

“The elder sister to the girl I raped is a choir member of my church. It was after choir practice one Thursday that I informed the sister that I would like to visit her house for a serious discussion and she obliged me.

 

“The following day, I paid her the visit and requested that she allow her younger sister (his victim), to massage my waist, that I had been having ache on it in the past two years and every treatment, drugs and injection had failed.

 

“She then went and discussed with the younger sister, who accepted to help me. So, we had the first massage treatment that day while the elder sister was around and nothing happened between me and the little girl.

 

“On Saturday, I called her to inform her that I was coming back for the treatment, I got there while she was about to leave for choir practice in the church. While the massage was going on, I had the (sexual) urge. So, I had carnal knowledge of the girl. I have successfully raped her three times,” Amakiri said.

 

The cleric, whose wife is a health worker in Degem Locl Government Area of the state, explained that he could not tell his wife to massage him because she only came home from her work place once a week when she was off duty.

 

Amakiri, who has four children, stated that it was during his fourth attempt at raping the girl that he met a brick wall and since then, he had not regained his freedom.

 

He said, “It was the fourth time that she (victim) locked the gates against me. So, I had to call her sister on her cell phone and she rushed to the house from her shop and began to interrogate the girl on why she did not want to massage my waist again and she disclosed what has been happening between us.

 

“I sincerely regret my actions. It is like the ground should open up and swallow me. Don’t blame the devil for what has happened, blame me because I was tempted and I did it,” he added.

 

The victim, who simply gave her name as Goodness, explained how the pastor brutally raped her. She was surprised that a respected man of God could descend so low. She also revealed that she used vegetable oil to massage the pastor during the first three days.

 

“I was in the house when the pastor came and asked me to massage his waist. On the first day, I massaged him, nothing happened between us. But on the second day, while I was massaging him, he began to touch my breast and raped me.

 

“I tried to escape, but he held me and warned me never to tell anybody what he did to me. He has raped me three times,” the victim said.

 

Speaking on the matter, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, said the randy pastor had confessed to raping the girl on several occasions, adding that Amakiri would be charged to court at the end of an ongoing investigation into the matter.

 

Mohammad told newsmen that the teenager would be taken to the hospital for a comprehensive medical check-up to ascertain that the pastor has not infected her with HIV or any other sexually transmitted diseases. He advised parents to be careful and warned many to be wary of fake men of God.