Pastor Okehielem, known as Ebube Wonder of Ebube Wonders Synagogue Prayers Ministry, also called Healing and Deliverance Mountain, faces a two-count charge of rape and felony intent.

The alleged rape incident reportedly led to the birth of an illegitimate child by the victim.

The police prosecutor, Polycap Odion, told the court that the crime was allegedly committed in February 2022 in Benin.

Odion said the incident occurred in the Uholor Community, within the court’s jurisdiction.

He alleged the defendant gave the woman an unknown substance to swallow, and raped her while she was unconscious.

The offence contravenes Section 4 and is punishable under Section 5(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2021.

It also violates Section 256 of the Criminal Law of Edo, 2022.

The prosecutor, in a motion ex parte, cited the laws and requested the defendant be remanded for 14 days.

He said the remand was to await legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP.

Justice Anthony Erhabor ordered the defendant’s remand and adjourned the case to July 25 for hearing.

Source: NAN

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This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu.

Ndukwe said that police operatives serving in the Nsukka sector of the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, on May 12, around 3.45 p.m., intercepted and arrested a masquerader.

He said that the masquerader was later identified as Ugwuoke Ebube, 22, resident of Enugu – Nsukka Road.

According to Ndukwe, an investigation into the case suggested that the suspect was part of a group of masqueraders that also assaulted another female nurse on a motorcycle, as captured in a viral video in April.

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“He was arraigned in the Nsukka Magistrate Court of Enugu State, Nigeria, but was granted bail by the court.

“The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, has condemned the act of assault.

“The commissioner warned those intending to hide under the guise of cultural celebration to commit such a criminal act of assault against fellow citizens to desist forthwith,” the spokesman said.

Ndukwe quoted the Commissioner as saying that the command would henceforth not hesitate to bring anyone found wanting to book, just as in the case at hand.

Source: NAN

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