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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A 13-year-old girl has been rescued after weeks of sex slavery in the hands of an alleged man of God identified as Pastor Prosper.<\/p>\n

The rescue was facilitated by a non-governmental organisation, Women Aid Collective, WACOL.<\/p>\n

WACOL in a statement made available on Monday by its media officer, Egodi Igwe said on 28th September 2023, it received a case of the abduction of a 13-year-old girl by one Prosper Ifedinuru, a pastor at Living Faith Tabernacle, a.k.a, Winners Chapel, Umulokpa, Uzo-Uwani LGA in Enugu, Enugu State.<\/p>\n

Igwe said, \u201cthe case was reported to WACOL by the parents of the victim who narrated the ugly incident and requested the rescue of their daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to them, their daughter, Miss N (name withheld), was abducted by Prosper who came to their village as a Missionary\u201d<\/p>\n

There were reports that Prosper disappeared with the minor with the excuse that he was taking her to open a bank account.<\/p>\n

The parents were also quoted to have told WACOL that after the pastor kidnapped their daughter, he disappeared and all efforts to trace him and the minor proved abortive.<\/p>\n

\u201cSubsequently, it was revealed that the \u2018mysterious pastor\u2019 had turned the minor into a sex slave that he constantly violated and abused.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately, the WACOL team contacted the Enugu State Police Command and began working with the police to track the perpetrator and rescue the child victim.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the investigation, the church authorities denied the perpetrator, saying he was no longer in their service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey acknowledged that he was previously in their employment but was not in any way supported to commit such a heinous crime against the innocent child.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter numerous searches by the police, Prosper was caught at a border town in Umuahia, Abia State.<\/p>\n

Igwe expressed displeasure with the rampant occurrence of such cases, saying, \u201cIt is simply unacceptable. Girls deserve to have a safe environment to flourish and excel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should not have their childhood snatched from them by people who ought to protect them.<\/p>\n

\u201cGirls are not safe anywhere, even in religious spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a need for perpetrators to be held accountable and for tools of the law to be activated to protect girls in all places\u201d, the statement read.<\/p>\n

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