Peculiar Ginika, the General Overseer and lead pastor of Liberation Word Assembly International in Aba, Abia State, has been arrested by the police for the alleged defilement of a minor.
Peculiar Ginika, the General Overseer and lead pastor of Liberation Word Assembly International in Aba, Abia State, has been arrested by the police for the alleged defilement of a minor. Pastor Ginika has been detained at the command headquarters of the Rapid Response Squad of the Nigeria Police, where he is being questioned. He was arrested last Saturday. The father of the victim had reported to RRS personnel that his daughter was sexually assaulted by the cleric, who was also described as their family pastor. A police source told the Nation that a nurse who reportedly helped the suspect with contraceptive pills and took the blood sample of the victim could also be arrested for questioning. Family sources said that the victim who turned 17 in November 2023 revealed that the cleric started abusing her when she was 15. The cleric, who is divorced, reportedly took advantage of the desire of the teenager to know God more. He was also credited for healing her of the asthma that had been tr...