{"id":647145,"date":"2019-06-28T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>Abuja \u2013 The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries on Monday slammed an indefinite suspension on its member, over an indecent relationship with a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_812493\" aria-describedby"},"modified":"2019-06-28T17:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T17:00:06","slug":"mfm-suspends-member-for-allegedly-defiling-impregnating-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/mfm-suspends-member-for-allegedly-defiling-impregnating-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"MFM suspends member for allegedly defiling, impregnating minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Abuja \u2013 The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries on Monday slammed an indefinite suspension on its member, over an indecent relationship with a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_812493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-812493\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-812493 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"319\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/relationship-1.jpg\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-812493\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561741206_255_relationship-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"319\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-812493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relationship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement signed by MFM Spokesman, Mr Collins Edomaruse, however, said Onyekachukwu, is \u201cnot an ordained Pastor\u201d of the branch in Life Camp area of Abuja,<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>Edomaruse said the suspension was in line with the rules and regulations of MFM which forbade such acts and frowned at it.<\/p>\n<p>Crossover night : Olukoya warns youth against sexual perversion<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also said that the indefinite suspension was a result of an investigation carried out by the Church that established that the member was culpable of the alleged reported offence of rape, which resulted in the reported pregnancy of the minor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfirming the incident, Regional Overseer (RO) Gwarimpa region of the church, Pastor Babalola Niyi, said: the member is not an ordained pastor in Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>Former Benin NBA chairman escapes from kidnappers with injuries<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is just a member and worker in that Life Camp branch and he has been suspended from the branch immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe church can not stop the law from taking its course as doing so will amount to condoning evil and being an accessory after the fact,\u201d Edomaruse said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAfter investigation, we confirm that the raping and impregnating of the girl is true and the matter is currently being handled by the police.<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t change our mindset, Nigeria can\u2019t achieve excellence \u2013 Pastor Akinola<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we want to say that the alleged person is not an ordained Pastor or an officially appointed Pastor in MFM Gwarimpa Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is therefore a personal issue between the Brother and the innocent victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has nothing to do with Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn MFM, the leadership does not condone indiscipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolute holiness within and without is our hallmark in the Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is of a priority in all our trainings and teachings to our Pastors and members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alleged brother is already in the Custody of the Police to allow the law to take its course\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons confirmed the arrest of the brother a pastor of the MFM, Gwarinpa branch, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>NAPTIP said the man, 48, who hails from Nsukka in Enugu State, met the victim, a Junior Secondary School II pupil in the Karmo area sometime in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>NAPTIP in a statement on Sunday, said the pastor, after his arrest and during interrogation, confessed to have sexually abused the girl two times and blamed the act on the \u201cwork of the devil.\u201d(NAN)<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = 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