Police arrest HIV positive pastor for sodomy, infecting 16-yr-old boy

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Reverend Ezuma Chizemdere, the founder of Jesus Intervention Household Ministry, Ejigbo, Lagos for sodomy and infecting a 16-year-old boy with human immunodeficiency virus in the process.

According to the police, Rev Chizembere was a member of a syndicate perpetrating the alleged crime in the neighbourhood.

The bubble was said to have bursted on the syndicate on January 22, 2019 when a good Samaritan had reported a case of defilement at the Ejigbo Police Station, leading to the the arrest of one Prince Chinecherem, who has been charged to court.

Chizemdere, who reportedly went into hiding after Chinecherem’s arrest, was however arrested on March 21, 2019, when he sneaked into his house in the midnight.

A statement by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the arrest and that the pastor had molested about 15 boys and infected one 16-year-old Shadrach with HIV.

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The statement reads in part: “On 22 January 2019, a case of defilement of a minor (name withheld) by penetration was reported by a good Samaritan at the Ejigbo Police Station. Subsequent upon which one Prince Chinecherem was arrested and charged to court. Investigation carried out revealed that one Reverend Prince Ezuma Chizemdere, the founder of Jesus Intervention Household Ministry was part of the syndicate defiling teenagers in the community.

“He had been at large for about three months. On March 21, 2019, around 1am, police laid siege to the reverend’s residence based on the strength of information gathered that he often sneaked into the house through the back entrance. Having discovered that police had cordoned off his house, he hid himself in the ceiling for two hours. He was however arrested.

“Investigation revealed that he brought in about 15 boys into his apartment where he forcefully penetrated them all through the anus. Some members of the neighbourhood revealed that the reverend usually washed six bed sheets daily whenever he brought in little children suspected to be his sex partners.

“On further interrogation, he revealed that he is HIV positive and has been receiving treatment for over three years. One 16-year-old Shedrack was part of his victims and was infected with HIV around October 2018.”

According to Elkanah, the suspect confessed paying his victims N2,000 each, anytime he had carnal knowledge of them.

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