Precious Okafor, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, who was allegedly raped by a pastor during a ‘special deliverance’ session, spoke to IKENNA OBIANERI at the Onitsha office of the Anambra State Special Anti-Touting Squad Agency, after being rescued
Can you tell us about yourself?
My name is Precious Okafor, and I am 16 years old. I am from Amichi, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. I was living in Lagos but was brought back to the village in November 2025 by my aunt for a ‘special deliverance’. Before returning to my hometown, I was in SS1.
Can you take us back to what brought you to SASA’s office?My aunt told the people I was living with in Lagos that her pastor said I was possessed by seven marine spirits and that I had to go to his church in Amichi for deliverance. We arrived at his residence at night, and I spent the night there. My aunt handed me over to him and left.
What is the name of the pastor and his church?
He is the General Overseer of Jesus Is Ontop Ministry in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. His name is Evangelist Dozie Ezani.Did you meet the wife?
Yes, I met his wife and the children. I slept in the same room as the children that night. Later, while I was asleep, the pastor came into the room and started touching me, but I pushed his hands away. After several attempts, he eventually left. I later overheard his wife asking him where he had been, and he told her he was “checking on the children.”
What happened next?
The following day, he took me to his church in Amichi to carry out the ‘special deliverance’. He told me that I was possessed by marine spirits from the seven seas and that I urgently needed God’s special intervention to be freed. But while the deliverance was going on at the altar, he attempted to force himself on me, but I resisted.
At what point did the rape start?
For days, he didn’t give me food. At one point, I became very weak due to hunger, and the pastor overpowered me and started forcefully having intercourse with me. He did that several times on the altar during the deliverance session.
He forcibly had intercourse with me, both in the church and sometimes at his poultry farm in Igboukwu, a neighbouring town in Aguata LGA.
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