Grandmother Flees After Abortion For Minor Raped By Cleric

A grandma identified arsenic Mrs Otabor has fled her location implicit amerciable termination process for her 15-year-old granddaughter by a ‘local nurse’.

The suspected grandma ran distant from her Ogiemwenken Street, Upper Uwa 4th of Benin City, Edo State aft the termination connected the stepdaughter who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a self-proclaimed Prophet.

However, the hubby of the pistillate successful her sixties, Mr Jeremiah Otabor, pledged afloat practice towards the prosecution of the 70-year-old suspect, Prophet Paul Lawani who has been arrested by the police.

Lawani was accused of defiling and impregnated the 15-year-old granddaughter which helium allegedly raped successful his religion successful August 2024.

Narrating her ordeal, the unfortunate alleged that she was sexually abused successful his religion by Lawani erstwhile she returned from an errand helium sent her, and thereafter forced her to instrumentality oath of secrecy astatine the religion altar and threatened her with decease if she disclosed it to anyone.

However, the unfortunate confided successful her grandma who noticed motion of gestation symptoms successful her body.

Consequently, the victim’s grandma invited a section nurse, who ran a gestation trial connected the unfortunate and discovered that she was 2 months pregnant, and aborted the gestation to conceal the crime.

Worried by the cover-up by her grandmother, the unfortunate said she yet opened up to 1 of her neighbours who alerted the constabulary starring to the apprehension of Prophet Lawani.

The fishy upon apprehension admitted to knowing the unfortunate successful the neighbourhood, but failed to springiness details astir the illicit enactment that occurred successful his religion located connected Iyeide Street successful Benin City.

Narrating the incident, the unfortunate added, “When I got to his religion office, helium forced maine to region my pant. When I shouted, cipher came and helium had his way.

“He (Lawani) took maine to his altar and curse that I volition dice if I archer anyone what happened. My parent called maine 1 time and checked and brought a caregiver who said I was 2 months pregnant”.

The gramps of the unfortunate said, “I americium alert of the incident. He (Lawani) is simply a criminal, but I don’t privation to origin immoderate problem”.

Spokesman of Edo State Police Command, CSP Moses Yamu confirmed Lawani’s apprehension successful transportation to the incident.

He stated that investigations were ongoing to genuinely unravel the circumstances surrounding the case.

“The lawsuit has been reported to us. The Command’s Family Unit is presently investigating the case. As soon arsenic the probe is concluded, we volition fto members of the nationalist cognize the result of that investigation”, CSP Yamu assured.