A 53-year-old man who claims to be a Pastor, has been
arrested by the Police in Nsukka, Enugu State, for allegedly
impregnating married women and young girls in his church.
The Pastor, identified as Timothy Ngwu, is the General
Overseer of Holy Trinity Ministry popularly called Vineyard
Ministry in Umudikwere Community in the University town.
Ironically, police sources said the suspect claims he was
directed by the Holy Spirit to sexually abuse female
members of his church in the name of God.
How he was exposed
Crime Guard gathered that the alleged sexual exploits of the
self-acclaimed man of God was blown open by his
estranged wife, Veronica Ngwu, who hails from Udi Local
Government Area in Enugu State.
The wife who has three children for the pastor was
reportedly not comfortable with the ugly development and
she lodged a complaint at the Anti-Child Trafficking Unit of
the Criminal Investigations Department, CID, Enugu.This led
to the arrest of the pastor.
Veronica’s case
It was learnt that during interrogation, the estranged wife of
the pastor informed detectives that she escaped from the
ministry with one of her daughters after her husband
impregnated her niece and claimed he was obeying the
directives of the Holy Spirit and a prophetic revelation.
She also informed detectives led by Gloria Udoka, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, DSP, that the situation at the
church was better imagined than witnessed, alleging that
her husband converts married women and single girls to his
own and impregnates all of them while pretending to be
obeying spiritual directives.
Pastor’s claims
The pastor reportedly claimed that he had sexual
intercourse with women in his ministry as a result of
directives from the Holy Spirit and with the consent of their
husbands, if married, but for the single ones, a spiritual
directive.
Ngwu, until his arrest, was a Scrutiny Officer and
Statistician with the National Bureau of Statistics, one time
assistant Catechist at St. John’s Catholic Church, Ihe-
Umudikwere, Nsukka where he inducts married women and
young girls seeking solution to their problems or favour. He
was chased out of the Catholic Church and he started his
own church.
Police Statement
The police in Enugu also alluded to the allegations when
they issued a statement through the Public Relations
Officer, DSP Ebere Amarizu, stating that two women among
others in the enclave of the Vineyard, left their husbands to
reside with the General Overseer.
According to the statement, the two women identified as
Calista Omeje and Assumpta Odo confirmed that they left
their husbands to live with the General Overseer on the
prophetic injunction to do the will of God.
The statement noted that Calista revealed that she had 10
children for her husband but was later impregnated by the
General Overseer and that the baby died later. She also said
that she gave out her daughter to the General Overseer to
be impregnated, an act she described as “the fulfillment of
the Will of God.”
The police spokesman noted in the statement that the
pastor said he had five wives with 13 children apart from
other concubines he had following the prophetic directive to
do the will of God. The Pastor, according to him, said that
Veronica used to be his wife but described her as ‘a falling
wife.’
He also said, “ I do not do anything with any married
woman until the full consent and agreement were sought
and reached between the husband in line with the directives
of the Holy Spirit to do the will of God, which is an act of
spirituality.”
Inside the Ministry
When Crime Guard traced the Vineyard Ministry, it was
discovered to be located right inside the compound of the
father of the General Overseer without any sign post, while
about 15 women and four men were seen taking lessons
from an elderly woman who acts as an instructor in the
vineyard.
The entrance to the Vineyard was barricaded with heavy
iron gate which bares non-members.
However, a man who identified himself as Hilary told our
reporter after a heated argument that the General Overseer
traveled,and advised harshly that the reporter should go
back.
As soon as Hilary left to invite others to compel the reporter
to leave the premises, the reporter peeped through an
opening and saw a large number of children and adult
women scattered inside the compound barricaded with iron
gate.
Neighbours react
When Crime Guard spoke with some residents of the area,
they intimated that every thing about the ministry was
shrouded in secrecy, alleging that children born inside the
ministry are usually confined within the compound and
denied communication with any other person outside. The
children have are denied formal education, except the
doctrine of the ministry.
…….Brother too
A brother to the pastor who pleaded anonymity told Crime
Guard that he was not surprised that police invaded the
ministry, explaining that all warnings by members of the
family to compel Timothy to desist from the act fell on deaf
ears.
“Let me tell you, God’s anger has befallen my brother. We
have appealed to him several times to stop what he was
doing but he refused. He has colonized our compound,
bearing children with recklessness. He accused us of being
jealous of him because he is doing the Will of God,”he
stated.
Lamentations
Nodding his head in disgust, he continued, “look at these
buildings here, he has converted all of them to himself in the
name of vineyard. I can’t say exactly what influenced his
spirit to the devilish act in the name of God.
He sacked his betrothed wife who has three children for him
and embarked on impregnating married women and young
girls. Look at the whole compound littered with children of
different sexes and ages. How can an educated man of his
status reason like an unrefined man? All members of the
vineyard are fools.
How can a woman abandon her husband for another man in
the name of worshiping God and practice adultery? I cannot
get myself involved in this matter; Vero has opened the
vessel of worms in the vineyard. Let them sort themselves
out with the police but I want the ministry to be shut down
completely,” he explained.
Excommunication
Investigations also revealed that the General Overseer was
chased out of the St. John’s Catholic Church, Ihe-Owerri,
Nsukka as an Assistant Catechist when Bishop Emeritus of
Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Okobo, discovered that
he was teaching heresy. He reportedly called him to order
but he would not listen.
arrested by the Police in Nsukka, Enugu State, for allegedly
impregnating married women and young girls in his church.
The Pastor, identified as Timothy Ngwu, is the General
Overseer of Holy Trinity Ministry popularly called Vineyard
Ministry in Umudikwere Community in the University town.
Ironically, police sources said the suspect claims he was
directed by the Holy Spirit to sexually abuse female
members of his church in the name of God.
How he was exposed
Crime Guard gathered that the alleged sexual exploits of the
self-acclaimed man of God was blown open by his
estranged wife, Veronica Ngwu, who hails from Udi Local
Government Area in Enugu State.
The wife who has three children for the pastor was
reportedly not comfortable with the ugly development and
she lodged a complaint at the Anti-Child Trafficking Unit of
the Criminal Investigations Department, CID, Enugu.This led
to the arrest of the pastor.
Veronica’s case
It was learnt that during interrogation, the estranged wife of
the pastor informed detectives that she escaped from the
ministry with one of her daughters after her husband
impregnated her niece and claimed he was obeying the
directives of the Holy Spirit and a prophetic revelation.
She also informed detectives led by Gloria Udoka, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, DSP, that the situation at the
church was better imagined than witnessed, alleging that
her husband converts married women and single girls to his
own and impregnates all of them while pretending to be
obeying spiritual directives.
Pastor’s claims
The pastor reportedly claimed that he had sexual
intercourse with women in his ministry as a result of
directives from the Holy Spirit and with the consent of their
husbands, if married, but for the single ones, a spiritual
directive.
Ngwu, until his arrest, was a Scrutiny Officer and
Statistician with the National Bureau of Statistics, one time
assistant Catechist at St. John’s Catholic Church, Ihe-
Umudikwere, Nsukka where he inducts married women and
young girls seeking solution to their problems or favour. He
was chased out of the Catholic Church and he started his
own church.
Police Statement
The police in Enugu also alluded to the allegations when
they issued a statement through the Public Relations
Officer, DSP Ebere Amarizu, stating that two women among
others in the enclave of the Vineyard, left their husbands to
reside with the General Overseer.
According to the statement, the two women identified as
Calista Omeje and Assumpta Odo confirmed that they left
their husbands to live with the General Overseer on the
prophetic injunction to do the will of God.
The statement noted that Calista revealed that she had 10
children for her husband but was later impregnated by the
General Overseer and that the baby died later. She also said
that she gave out her daughter to the General Overseer to
be impregnated, an act she described as “the fulfillment of
the Will of God.”
The police spokesman noted in the statement that the
pastor said he had five wives with 13 children apart from
other concubines he had following the prophetic directive to
do the will of God. The Pastor, according to him, said that
Veronica used to be his wife but described her as ‘a falling
wife.’
He also said, “ I do not do anything with any married
woman until the full consent and agreement were sought
and reached between the husband in line with the directives
of the Holy Spirit to do the will of God, which is an act of
spirituality.”
Inside the Ministry
When Crime Guard traced the Vineyard Ministry, it was
discovered to be located right inside the compound of the
father of the General Overseer without any sign post, while
about 15 women and four men were seen taking lessons
from an elderly woman who acts as an instructor in the
vineyard.
The entrance to the Vineyard was barricaded with heavy
iron gate which bares non-members.
However, a man who identified himself as Hilary told our
reporter after a heated argument that the General Overseer
traveled,and advised harshly that the reporter should go
back.
As soon as Hilary left to invite others to compel the reporter
to leave the premises, the reporter peeped through an
opening and saw a large number of children and adult
women scattered inside the compound barricaded with iron
gate.
Neighbours react
When Crime Guard spoke with some residents of the area,
they intimated that every thing about the ministry was
shrouded in secrecy, alleging that children born inside the
ministry are usually confined within the compound and
denied communication with any other person outside. The
children have are denied formal education, except the
doctrine of the ministry.
…….Brother too
A brother to the pastor who pleaded anonymity told Crime
Guard that he was not surprised that police invaded the
ministry, explaining that all warnings by members of the
family to compel Timothy to desist from the act fell on deaf
ears.
“Let me tell you, God’s anger has befallen my brother. We
have appealed to him several times to stop what he was
doing but he refused. He has colonized our compound,
bearing children with recklessness. He accused us of being
jealous of him because he is doing the Will of God,”he
stated.
Lamentations
Nodding his head in disgust, he continued, “look at these
buildings here, he has converted all of them to himself in the
name of vineyard. I can’t say exactly what influenced his
spirit to the devilish act in the name of God.
He sacked his betrothed wife who has three children for him
and embarked on impregnating married women and young
girls. Look at the whole compound littered with children of
different sexes and ages. How can an educated man of his
status reason like an unrefined man? All members of the
vineyard are fools.
How can a woman abandon her husband for another man in
the name of worshiping God and practice adultery? I cannot
get myself involved in this matter; Vero has opened the
vessel of worms in the vineyard. Let them sort themselves
out with the police but I want the ministry to be shut down
completely,” he explained.
Excommunication
Investigations also revealed that the General Overseer was
chased out of the St. John’s Catholic Church, Ihe-Owerri,
Nsukka as an Assistant Catechist when Bishop Emeritus of
Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Okobo, discovered that
he was teaching heresy. He reportedly called him to order
but he would not listen.
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