The General Overseer of Gloryland Church, Benin City, Pastor Ekene Samuel, has been singing like a bird since he was arrested by the Nigeria Police Force, Edo State Command for charming, impregnating and aborting the pregnancy of a church member.
The command paraded Samuel during the week, during which it was disclosed that he used charms on the teenage church member identified simply as Miracle and had sex with her in December 2018.
He was also said to have instructed a deaconness in his church, Happy Johnson, to procure abortion drugs for Miracle after she informed him that she was pregnant from their lovemaking.
According to reports, the teenage girl developed complications from the use of the drugs and landed at Graceville Medical Centre along Ewah Road in Benin City.
All the while, the girl’s family members searched for her without success and subsequently filed a missing person’s report with the police through one Henry Aikhuaman.
Investigations led the police to the hospital and Johnson, who confessed to procuring the drugs, was arrested.
She also confessed that Samuel told her to procure the abortion drugs for Miracle.
A search of Samuel’s apartment by police detectives was said to have led to the discovery of various charms.
Narrating his involvement with Miracle, the self-acclaimed pastor said, “In August last year, I had an extra-marital affair with her. She came to me this year that she was pregnant. I asked my member here to take her to the hospital. She was taking some drugs to remove the pregnancy. The baby died in her womb. The doctors did surgery on her because she was having appendicitis. The hospital asked me to pay N380, 000 and I have paid N150, 000 before I was arrested. She did not die.”
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