Godson Nse Thompson, a 32-year-old prophet, has been remanded in the Uyo Correctional Centre on charges of rapping a 13-year-old girl who was taken to him for intercessory prayers.
After hearing the testimony of the victim, an SS1 student at a Government Secondary School in Uyo, the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, ordered the Prophet, a resident of Ikot Offiong Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, to be remanded.
The victim, a native of Ikot Uboh in Nsit Ubium, said today in court that while living with her elder sister in Uyo, her in law drove her to a church on Information Drive in Uyo, and after he departed at about 6 p.m., the Pastor took her to his house, where she was raped all night.
She claimed the accused handed her a container to urinate in within the house so she wouldn’t have to go outside.
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The youngster also informed the court that due to bleeding, she had to use her sanitary pads for two weeks after the occurrence on Friday, July 10, 2020.
The prophet instructed the 13-year-old girl that she should take her elsewhere to pray for someone on that fateful day, which she did, only to end up at his residence, where he brought a black liquid substance in a plastic bottle and consumed it before taking turns raping her. She claimed to have seen women’s pants of various colors and images of women inside the Prophet’s house.
According to the victim, she was able to flee when the accused, a father of three children, neglected to lock the house door and rushed to a church, where she was rescued.
At the conclusion of the victim’s testimony, the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, adjourned the case until August 1, 2022, and ordered the accused to be returned to prison until the delayed date.
