Maureen Edozie in Enugu
A 63-year-old pastor, Luke Eze has allegedly raped two sisters(nameswitheld) in his church in Oghe, a community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, and has subsequently arrested.
Penpushing reports that the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, disclosing that the suspect committed the crime on September 7, 2025.
The spokesperson a superintendent of police said the two sisters were aged 16 and 19 years old, adding that the pastor was arrested on September 11, 2025 by operatives of the Iwollo Police Division in a response to a report by the victims’ parents.
Penpushing further reports that Ndukwe said police investigations revealed that, on September 7, 2025, Eze allegedly lured the 16-year-old victim to his church, City of Hope Ministry, otherwise known as “Ọkụ Night.”
The police spokesperson in the statement added that the suspect had lured the victim in the pretext of holding a deliverance session for her which she attended, and thereafter, took the advantage to rape
“After having her engage in an empty-mortar-pounding ritual, he administered a stupefying liquid substance that rendered her unconscious, enabling him to rape her. When the younger sister did not return, her 19-year-old sibling (the second victim) went to the church, where she was subjected to the same deceptive ritual’, he stated.
“The suspect administered the substance to her as well, and after she lost consciousness, he similarly violated her. Both victims regained consciousness the following afternoon, September 8, to find themselves naked, with bloodstains on their private parts and other physical evidence of the assault’, the statement reads
Penpushing also reports that Ndukwe said the police recovered two plastic bottles containing the unidentified substance the suspect administered to the victims for forensic analysis, adding that the suspect has confessed to the crime, but blamed the devil for the act.
The statement stated that the suspect has been arraigned in a court after investigations by the Gender and Anti-Human Trafficking Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department of the police.
Penpushing reports that Ndukwe said the court has remanded the pastor in a prison facility, stressing that the Commissioner of Police in the State, Bitrus Giwa, has condemned the act, describing it as abominable and senseless.
The police boss cautioned parents and all Nigerians against falling prey to criminals masquerading as spiritual leaders, and assured residents of Enugu State that the police were committed to ensuring justice in the case.
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