{"id":10878,"date":"2019-05-30T17:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10878"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:40:15","slug":"enugu-pastor-arrested-for-impregnating-20-church-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/enugu-pastor-arrested-for-impregnating-20-church-members","title":{"rendered":"Enugu pastor arrested for impregnating 20 church members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The Police in Enugu has arrested a pastor for impregnating 20 of his female church members<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The pastor was said to have claimed that the Holy Spirit had commanded him to impregnate as many female members of the church as possible<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Timothy Ngwu also said the Holy spirit had given him the mandate to impregnate these women in his ministry irrespective of their marital status<\/p>\n<p>A pastor has been arrested by the Nigeria Police for allegedly impregnating 20 members of his ministry in Enugu.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Ngwu who is the general overseer of the Vineyard Ministry of the Holy Trinity was arrested by officers of the Enugu state Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Independent reports that Ngwu claimed that the Holy Spirit had commanded him to impregnate as many female members of the church as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the incident, the Enugu state Police spokesperson, Ebere Amaraizu said the pastor had been charged for sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Sources privy to the incident said Ngwu said the Holy spirit had given him the mandate to impregnate women in his ministry irrespective of their marital status.<\/p>\n<p>The source also said that the child delivered by every woman impregnated by the pastor is expected to remain in the ministry with the mother for life.<\/p>\n<p>However, trouble started for Ngwu after his wife reported his randy behaviour to the police after the pastor was alleged to have impregnated her (his wife&#8217;s) young niece all in the name of obeying a \u2018divine instruction\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his arrested, Ngwu who is said to have five wives with 13 children along with other concubines said he never had canal knowledge of the young girl.<\/p>\n<p>[Image: Enugu pastor arrested for impregnating 20 church members]<br \/>\nNgwu (in yellow shirt) said the Holy spirit had given him the mandate to impregnate women in his ministry irrespective of their marital status.<br \/>\nSource: UGC<\/p>\n<p>He also said that he never had intercourse with any of the married women except their husbands concurred to the request of the \u2018Holy Ghost\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigeria High Commission in Singapore has expressed pleasure over the acquittal and release of a Nigerian, Mr Adili Chibuike Ejike, sentenced to death for drug trafficking in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Head of Mission in Singapore, High Commissioner Akinremi Bolaji, on Wednesday, May 29, said Ejike was sentenced to death for importing nearly two-kilogramme of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>Bolaji said Ejike was granted an acquittal by Singapore\u2019s Supreme Court and released with no outstanding charges on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The Police in Enugu has arrested a pastor for impregnating 20 of his female church members &#8211; The pastor was said to have claimed that the Holy Spirit had commanded him to impregnate as many female members of the church as possible &#8211; Timothy Ngwu also said the Holy spirit had given him the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":9652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[46,413,106,662],"class_list":["post-10878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-army","tag-church","tag-economy","tag-enugu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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