By Eunice Orike
Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged to pursue justice for a 14-year-old girl allegedly raped by a cleric in Gwagwalada area council of the federal capital territory.
The teenager, a senior secondary school student, alleged that she was raped by the Pastor Amos Isah, founder and lead pastor of Prophetic Victory Voice of Fire Ministry in Gwagwalada.
According to the victim, the incident occurred on May 26th 2025 when the cleric lured her into his office.
She claimed that the suspect gave her N3,000 and threatened to kill her if she revealed the incident.
The mandate secretary of the FCTA women affairs secretariat, Dr. Adebayo Benjamins Laniyi who revealed this in a statement has vowed to ensure justice is served, assuring that the administration would pursue the case to its logical conclusion.
“We will not tolerate rape and gender-based violence in the FCT, “We will protect the rights and dignity of all children in the FCT”, Benjamin Laniyi. “FCTA has zero tolerance for rape and gender-based violence.
We will protect the rights and dignity of all children in the FCT. “Whoever perpetrates such acts, no matter how highly placed, will be prosecuted and face the wrath of the law with no fear or favour.”
“The matter of adolescent girls is a priority intervention for the women affair’s secretariat because of their vulnerability at that stage in their development.
“This is a priority for us. We shall follow it through. Nobody will be covered,” she said.
Benjamins-Laniyi revealed that the secretariat is working with stakeholders, including the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, to ensure justice for the survivor.
“I have also gone to the office of the director of public prosecution to the federation and deputy commissioner of police Rita Emesim, in-charge of gender, all in pursuit of justice to the rape survivor.
“I have equally directed the director, child department of the women’s affairs secretariat to visit the family of the victim”, she added.
