NIGERIA
The Freethinker
Nigerian pastor Chukwuemeka Nwocha, above, General Overseer of the Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry in Lagos, Nigeria, is facing a battery of charges relating to 13 girls he allegedly kept as sex slaves.
According to this report, the 36-year-old is a “man of God” known to his congregation, both young and old, as “Daddy”.
When he was paraded before journalists at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja yesterday, Nwocha explained how he came to came to harbour the girls in his three-bedroomed abode.
He said it all started when the children in his church, who called him, “daddy, daddy” told him they would like to visit him.
I only tried to help the girls.When the first girl came, she said she did not have anywhere to go. I did not know her parents. I am a pastor and I felt pity for her. After spending three days, I told her she needed to go out and bring some of her relations so that they would know where she was. But she did not.
Later, some parents in my church also said they would like to send their chidlren to live with me. Some of them came to spend holidays after their exam.
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