Two Rivers pastors arrested for raping corps member

The Police in Rivers State have arrested

two pastors for allegedly raping a 27-

year old member of the National

Youths Service Corps .

The corps member is observing her

primary assignment at the Obio /Akpor Local Government Area of the state .

The pastors , identified as Austin

Emmanuel and Peter Davies , are

currently being detained at the State

Criminal and Investigation and

Intelligence Department , Port Harcourt .

Emmanuel reportedly invited the

victim to his house for an indoor

birthday party and in the course of the celebration, he was later joined by

Davies.

It was gathered that the suspects

offered to pray for the victim and in the middle of the prayer , they applied a - yet- to - be - identified liquid on her face which made her unconscious .

Speaking with journalists, the corps

member said she experienced pains in her private parts after regaining

consciousness .

She 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 . ”

Meanwhile, parents of the victim, Mr .

and Mrs . Timothy Bonko called on the Rivers State Police Command not to allow the accused persons go scot free to serve as a deterrent to other persons .

The father of the girl said he had

approached the International

Federation of Women Lawyers in the

state to ensure the prosecution of the

case .

Source: punchng.com