By Nchetachi Chukwuajah
Men of the Special Anti-Touting Squad (SASA), a security outfit of the Anambra State government, have arrested a self-acclaimed evangelist and General Overseer of a pentecostal church, Favour Ezani, for allegedly impregnating a teenager brought to him for prayers, deliverance, and healing in his house in Nnewi.
The 16-year-old victim (names withheld) disclosed that she was taken to Ezeani’s residence in Amichi community, Nnewi South Local Government Area, for spiritual healing.
The man, however, admitted to the crime in a trending video and also confessed to mixing bitter leaf with other herbs for the girl to get rid of the pregnancy.
He pleaded with the security operatives to temper justice with mercy, promising to take care of her medical bills.
Speaking with newsmen on Friday, March 27, at the SASA headquarters in Onitsha, spokesperson of the security outfit, Karen James, disclosed that security personnel from Igboukwu, a neighbouring community, who brought the report, said the victim was handed over to the ‘cleric’ by her aunt for special deliverance before the incident.
James said that the said aunt discovered that the teenager was pregnant, and when questioned, she mentioned the name of the self-acclaimed General Overseer.
Narrating her ordeal, the girl said the incident started in November 2025 when the man had intercourse with her shortly after arriving at his house for the deliverance.
According to her, when the lid was blown off, the man reportedly threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the ungodly act.
She said, “Daddy Ezani started having forceful sex with me a few days after I arrived at his house for the special deliverance.
“I was handed over to him by my aunt to deliver me from stubbornness without the consent of my mother, who resides in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was my aunt who consulted Daddy Ezani about my behaviour after I relocated back to the village from Lagos.
“In response, Daddy Ezani told them that I came from the seven seas of the world, hence, I need urgent and special deliverance from God to be free.
“He slept with me countless times inside his church, farm, and residence before the rescue came. I don’t know my father, but my mother is living in Port Harcourt. I am an indigene of Amichi and urgently need help.”
