Police in Chibombo District, Central Province, are looking into an elder from a Seventh Day Adventist church who is accused of defiling a 14-year-old girl in front of her sister.Police are awaiting the completion and return of a medical form to the Mwanjuni police post at 10 Miles, according to Zambian Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the event. Police have not yet formally detained the accused elder, Lovemore Hang'andu, according to Hamoonga.
The minor is said to have been impured by elder Hanga'andu after he imprisoned her and her twin sister in his home.
The girl is said to have been defiled in April of this year, but her guardians weren't made aware of the incident until she was three months pregnant.
The victim's aunt said that the victim's mother, the victim's young sister, is blind.
She claimed that after receiving a parcel of land to plant crops on from the victim's mother, elder Hanga'andu, who had been relocated to the Kapopo SDA congregation, grew close to her.
The source claimed that the older was well-liked by the family and that one day he asked the twins to visit him and assist him with cleaning.
"I never thought that a man of God, who presides over a church, can defile my niece. He was so good to the children and everyone in the village," she said.
According to the source, she visited her sister's home on June 30, 2023, and noticed that one of the twins didn't appear to be feeling well.
She claimed that she drove the twins to the hospital right away, where it was discovered that one of them was expecting.
The girl, according to the source, pointed her finger at Hanga'andu, an SDA elder, when she was questioned. According to her, she visited the Kapopo SDA congregation on July 1, 2023, when visiting the camp of her male relatives, and discovered the preacher of God presiding over the assembly"We pounced on him, apprehended him, and took him to the police station where he was detained. We are just waiting for a medical report form so that police can formally charge him," she said.The victim claimed the older requested her and her twin sister to go with him to his house on the next day so they could assist him with cleaning it.
She described how, after shutting the doors to the house, the suspect instructed the suspect's sister to go sweep the bedroom while she and her sister cleaned the kitchen after they arrived.
"He dragged me to his bedroom, undressed me, and started defiling me. My sister heard and she came to the bedroom but he did not stop and he had locked the door. After he got tired, he took two sharp knives and threatened to kill me and my sister if I told anyone about what happened. He even phoned people and told them that they should be watching us and inform him if we told anyone. We got scared and just kept it to ourselves," the victim narrated.
She claimed that after a while, she began to feel ill and she missed her period, but he was unaware that she was pregnant.
The victim's mother expressed sadness over the allegation that a guy she trusted defiled and pregnant her daughter.
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