Nana Kojo, an elder with the Nzema Anyinase Catholic Church in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, is accused of defiling a 17-year-old first-year senior high school student while casting out a bad spirit from her.
Jonas Kabutey, the Ellembelle District Social Welfare Officer and Western Region paralegal, tells Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, that Nana Kojo, 38, is also a well-known herbalist in the area.
Aside from his church position, he is known as a herbalist, and people come to him with their problems. “The teenager was brought to him for spiritual help, and he took advantage of her,” he said.
In an interview, the teenager (name withheld) who claimed to be a virgin before visiting the herbalist’s home confirmed that the herbalist had slept with her three times in the name of casting out a bad spirit.
“He told me there was a bad spirit chasing me and that he needed to cast it out or I would never be able to bear children. When my father took me to his house, he asked if I had taken a bath, to which I replied that I had not. He then told me to go get some water and take a bath. When I returned, he took me to his room and told me he needed to insert his manhood into my vagina in order to expel the evil spirit from me. He stated that if he does not break my virginity, I will be unable to bear children.”
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“He slept with me three times, but I couldn’t tell anyone because I thought it was part of the healing process because my father had told me to be submissive to him while he healed me,” she explained.
She goes on to say that the herbalist, who already has two wives, offered to make her his third wife, which she declined.
Later, he told me that I was lovely and that he would like to marry me and make me his third wife, but I declined. “He said I declined him because he was ugly,” she explained, “but I told him I was young and even still a virgin before visiting his premises.”
The teenager’s brother, David Ndadiah, says the herbalist is pleading for the case to be settled at home, but the family wants to take it to court.
“After the medical forms were released, we reported the case to the police station.”
“The herbalist is here pleading with us to settle the case at home,” he said, “but we will not allow it.”
Meanwhile, the Ellembelle District Social Welfare Office has promised the teenager justice.
“We will see that justice is served.” “The teen is currently undergoing psychological trauma, and we will not allow the matter to be resolved at home.” “The case must be transferred to a higher court. “I will advise parents to be cautious if they send their adolescent daughters to herbalists for treatment,” Mr. Jonas Kabutey said.
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