A woman identified as Patience Ohelimo, who is a native of
Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nattared there horror she suffered from the hands of her Pastor husband and his friend
Patience, who is currently undergoing treatment at a private home
in Ilishan Remo in Ogun State, told Vanguard that she was tortured,
gang-raped and almost sacrificed for ritual purposes in Port Harcourt,
the River State capital, by her husband, Uchenna Joseph, and some
unknown persons.
Patience said, “I was a petty trader in Ikorodu town in Lagos before my plans to get married, while my husband was a full time pastor.
“We were to have our wedding introduction in 2014 and were
planning for a church wedding when I got pregnant, which put the wedding
plans on hold.
“In the course of our relationship, I expended all my earnings
but this was not in vain as I gave birth to a boy in February 2016.
“Three months after, my husband suggested we should visit his
friend in Port Harcourt to raise fund for my business. So we left our
base in Ogun State and during our three months stay, I became a
prophetess and also assisted in evangelism, but on one fateful day, my
husband conspired with his friends to sacrifice me for ritual purposes.
“My refusal earned me incarceration as they tortured and
gang-raped me. This took place for a number of days until I reached my
sister through a text message and she came to my rescue.
“They separated me from my son and were about tying me to the
ceiling fan when my sister arrived the one-room church. My wedding gown
and other items were kept for two years as he is yet to complete the
dowry,” she lamented, vowing not to return to her cleric husband.
“I have spent all my earnings on this marriage which has almost cost me my life and I will never return to that home,” she said.
But the cleric, on his part, debunked the allegation by his wife
and described it as a conspiracy and a ploy to get unnecessary attention
from members of the public as he was yet to complete the required money
meant to pay as dowry on his wife.
Pastor Uchenna alleged that his wife was both psychologically and emotionally imbalance during their stay in Port Harcourt.
He said, “She used to see visions and loved evangelism but one
day, she was on evangelism field with my friend’s relative when she was
spiritually attacked and she started exhibiting strange behaviour.
“But my mistake was that I did not inform her parents believing
it was a minor issue until she became violent and we had to seek
spiritual help by inviting some pastors to conduct deliverance for her.
“She however sent a message to her elder sister and I was
misunderstood. The scars on her body were as a result of the violent
situation she found herself.
“How can I connive with others to kill the mother of my baby?
Her family was just being harsh on me for failure to complete the dowry
because out of N100,000, I only paid N40,000,” he added.
Meanwhile, as Patience continues her spiritual and medical
treatment, a case was lodged at the Ilisan Remo Police Division for
investigations, where a source at the Division who pleaded anonymity
said the Police was conducting a thorough investigation on the case and
noting that the matter was more of a family issue.
The source added,”We arrested the Pastor but he has been granted bail. We are doing our best to unravel the situation.”
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