Udo Obot Job, a 50-year-old traditional healer and Pastor of the
Brotherhood Church is now cooling his heels in the cell of Akwa
Ibom State police command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old
girl, Mary Bassey.
The incident, Saturday Sun learnt, led to the death of the
victim’s father who was ill and receiving treatment at Job’s
healing home when the alleged rape happened at Ukat Aran
village in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom
State.
It was gathered that Mrs Eno Bassey had on February 13 taken
her husband, Mr. Stephen Bassey to Job’s healing home for
possible recovery from stroke. The state Police Commissioner,
Mr Gabriel Achong, who confirmed the development, said that
the suspect had demanded N400,000 for the treatment of
Bassey.
He said that the family of the victim’s wife was able to raise
N350,000 for the treatment while on February 14, the
suspect allegedly told Mrs Bassey to go to the market to
buy some food items for her husband.
It was learnt that while she went on the errand, her daughter,
a14-year-old Mary Bassey was drugged and thereafter
deflowered.
“Immediately Mr Bassey heard what Job did to her
daughter, he collapsed and died,” Achong told Saturday Sun.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, State CID Uyo, Mr.
Mike Okoli added that the suspect has been arrested and the
victim, Mary Bassey taken to Akpa Utong College Hospital
where Dr Ubong Okon confirmed that she was defiled.
Speaking with Saturday Sun, the victim, Mary said: “ The
incident happened on February 14, when the suspect told my
mother that she should go to the market to buy some food
items for my late father. Pastor Job told me to pick some sand
from the ground which he said he would use to send away some
ghosts fighting my father.
“I did it by picking some sand from the ground and immediately,
Pastor Job gave me some drugs to use. He told me that he
wanted my future to be bright. After that, I found myself on the
floor, he took me to her room and had sex with me and after I
regained my consciousness, I started shouting. I saw blood and
he said I should go to the stream to bathe. I then called my
brother, Essien and we went and reported the matter at the
police station at Nsit Ubium.”
In his confession, Pastor Job told Saturday Sun: “I am a
pastor and I head the Brotherhood church at Ukat Aran village. I
have been into the ministry for 12 years now and I am a known
traditional healer. It was on February 13, 2015 that Eno Bassey
brought her husband, Stephen Bassey who was suffering from
stroke and I promised to heal him. I instructed Eno to go and
buy food items in the market.
“I drugged her daughter and took her into the room and defiled
her. It was the devil that pushed me into it. Mr Bassey died in
my church when he heard of the incident” , he said CP Achong
assured that Pastor Job will soon be charge to court.
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Why, oh why?
ReplyDeleteHe was suppose to lead others uprightly but chose to be devil's advocate.
He was to protect the culture but follow the path of damnation.
Why oh why?
He decided to defile an innocent minor
As well send her father to early grave
Why oh why
He has soiled his hands
He must face the judgement here on earth
And be punished in the world beyond except otherwise change...