A 16-year-old girl, Precious Okafor, has alleged how a pastor raped her on a church altar during a ‘special deliverance’ in Anambra State.
In an interview with Punch, the teenager said she was taken from Lagos to her hometown in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area, in November 2025 by her aunt, who claimed a pastor had declared her possessed and in need of spiritual cleansing.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
Precious went further to narrate how she went to stay with his family at first, shared same room with his kids, Later, while she was asleep, the pastor came into the room and started touching her, but pushed his hands away. After several attempts, he eventually left.
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The following day, he took her to his church in Amichi to carry out the ‘special deliverance’. He told her that she was possessed by marine spirits from the seven seas and that she 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 her, but she resisted.
She went further to explain, “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.
“He instructed people to stay away from me, claiming I was possessed by seven marine spirits. He threatened to kill me if I told his wife or anyone else about his actions. I had no one to turn to for help, and no one could intervene because of the lies he spread. He also threatened to kill me if I revealed what he was doing.”
However, Precious said the pastor was arrested at his poultry farm by SASA operatives two weeks ago.
When she was asked about her health condition, she said, “As I speak, I am experiencing bleeding from my private parts due to the mixed concoctions the pastor gave me to drink in an attempt to abort a suspected pregnancy. He did not take me to a hospital. SASA officials are now making arrangements for me to receive a comprehensive medical checkup.
“I appeal to the relevant authorities to come to my aid so that I can receive proper treatment. I am grateful to SASA operatives as I had been enduring unimaginable suffering at the hands of the pastor before the abuse was discovered.”
Meanwhile, Evangelist Dozie Ezani, General Overseer of Jesus Is Ontop Ministry, Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has spoken about the allegation against him after a teenage girl was brought to his church for deliverance.
Speaking on whether he owns the church where the girl was taken, he said, “Yes. My name is Evangelist Dozie Ezani, and I am the General Overseer of Jesus Is Ontop Ministry, Amichi, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.”
Asked what happened when the girl was brought for deliverance, he said, “After the first deliverance session, I returned her to her aunt. However, her aunt refused to keep her, saying the girl was too difficult to manage. I then brought her back to my house in Amichi, where she began staying with me. It was at this point that I began having inappropriate knowledge of her.”
When asked if he considered her age as an evangelist, he responded:
“It is the devil’s handiwork. I didn’t know what came over me.”
On the herbal mixture he gave her, he explained:
“The concoction was a mixture of bitter leaf and other herbs, intended to treat the discharge she complained about and to terminate any suspected pregnancy, supposedly to avoid public shame.”
He then appealed to the security operatives to temper justice with mercy. He sai, “It is not entirely my fault, as the girl was brought to me. I also promised to cover her medical bills if I am released.”