Pastor in Imo sentenced after raping a member's wife

Desmond Eke, a pastor, was found guilty of raping the wife of a church member and given an eight-year prison sentence by Imo State High Court Judge T. N. Nzeukwu. The woman who had placed so much trust in Eke, the founder of Deliverance Ministry of the Good Shepherd in Umuehieta Avu, Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State, was revealed to have been deceived. The defendant was found guilty on three counts that included sexually abusing the woman, who is a member of his church, and giving her a drug that rendered her unconscious and debilitated. Eke took advantage of the woman who woke up to a disoriented state, according to prosecution attorney Chioma Emuka.

"The pastor told the 25-year-old woman that his semen is holy enough to deliver her of the marine spirit that was disturbing her," Emuka stated in response to her question about why he had to rape her. Justice Nzeukwu declared at the verdict that Eke was guilty of the offenses that were brought up against him. The court found Eke guilty on count two of the charges of raping the woman and violating her trust, but she dismissed the third count, which involved the possibility of causing harm to the victim during the rape. Justice Nzeukwu held that as the woman was not fully conscious at the time of the incident, injuries could not have occurred because there was no resistance.