The story first leaked in one Oluwatoyin’s Blog with the headline: “Another Pastor Caught In Sex Scandal!”  By the end of the day, it was the most popular post on Nigerian Blogs like Linda Ikeji and Bella Naija, and the hashtag #BolajiSexScandal went viral across the Internet.

By the next day, the print media had picked up on the story and were reporting with various headlines. “Pastor Bolaji Akinwumi To Face Trial On Sex Assault Charges.”  “Pregnant Corper Claims Pastor Bolaji Assaulted Her For Six Years!”  “Vessels Of Honour Fellowship Refuses To Comment On Pastor Akinwumi’s Sex Scandal.”

Within a matter of days, three more allegations were made by two former members and one current member of the Vessels of Honour Fellowship of child sexual abuse, rape and indecent assault by Pastor Bolaji.  According to one of the two ex-members of the Fellowship, now in her mid-twenties, she was only 14 years old when the abuse began.  The other, who claimed to have worked for him as his house-help, accused him of raping her.  She had left the job and the Church, and had been afraid to say anything because she thought she would not be believed…

Read more at http://blog.ufuomaee.org/the-church-girl-part-six/

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