Police in Rivers state have effected the arrest of two fake pastors for the drugging and sexual assault of a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Member.
The suspects identified as Austin Emmanuel and Peter Davies are alleged to have drugged and sexually assaulted the 27 year old during a house party held by one of them.
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According to the victim, she was invited to an indoor birthday party by Emmanuel whom she knows as a pastor.
During the party, both men, offered to pray for her, apparently drugging her in the process with a substance poured on her face after which she became unconscious.
Speaking about her ordeal to Journalists the NYSC member said,
“Actually, it was after I regained consciousness that I was feeling pain in my vagina. I told my mum and she reported to the police and they said that they should take me to doctors without borders for checkup. I found out that I was fingered according to the report and saw bruises seen all over my body.”
The suspects were arrested and detained at the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Unit of the Police force in Port Harcourt while the parents of the victim charged the police to follow the case to a logical conclusion.
Speaking to journalists, the father of the victim who appealed to the International Federation of Women Lawyers to take up the case said,
“When I saw her, she was not in her senses. I started asking questions. Then they told me that they have arrested the suspects. I saw the suspects and they told me what happened.
“We took her to a psychiatric hospital. They tested her and did everything. Wherever we went, the NYSC followed us on the matter. An NYSC official reported the issue to the headquarters. If we allow this matter to die, they will do the same thing to other female corps members. That is why I decided to come to FIDA