EXPOSED: Real reason Nigerian pastor chained to hospital bed

Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of the late Igbo military leader Odumegwu Ojukwu and currently serving as President Bola Tinubu’s minister of state for foreign affairs, recently shared her poignant experience of visiting a Nigerian pastor who is being held in detention in the Benin Republic.

In a tweet posted on Thursday, August 21, Ojukwu expressed her concern for Pastor Benjamin Egbaji, a religious leader hailing from Cross River State, who has been imprisoned for the last two years.

She highlighted that the circumstances surrounding his detention remain unclear, raising questions about the legal processes involved and the rights of the pastor during his incarceration.

Why Benin Republic imprison a Nigerian pastor
The minister explained that Benjamin was imprisoned on charges of r@pe but was critically ill. She disclosed that she had visited the hospital where the cleric was receiving treatment, following a petition written to her ministry about him.

She narrated that Pastor Benjamin was receiving treatment at the Central National Hospital Universitaire, Benin Republic.

She has paid a visit with her team from Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry and the Nigerian embassy in the neighbouring country.

According to the minister: “He was in chains even in the hospital, and upon seeing me, he broke down in tears.”

She said that she assured the cleric that Nigeria would not abandon him and that the West African country would ensure justice is served on the matter. The minister disclosed that Pastor Benjamin was accused by a citizen of Benin, named Pede Victoire.

Victoire claimed that the Nigerian cleric r@ped her daughter, named Ahouandjinou Dona Sarah, when the child was still 13 years old. However, the minister disclosed that the matter was never reported or complained about. She also explained that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations.

The minister then disclosed that Sarah herself has come forward to refute the claim of r@pe in a surprising turn of events, and that the matter is now in the appeal court.

According to Ojukwu, President Tinubu has mandated that the welfare and interests of Nigerian nationals in distress, wherever they find themselves outside the shores of Nigeria, should be prioritised.
See her tweet here: