A 53-year-old man who claims to be a 'Pastor',
identified as Timothy Ngwu, is the General
Overseer of Holy Trinity Ministry [aka Vineyard
Ministry] in Umudikwere Community in the
University town.
he was directed by the Holy Spirit to sleep with
female members of his church in the name of
God.
How he was exposed
Crime Guard gathered that the alleged sexual
exploits of the self-acclaimed man of God was
blown open by his estranged wife, Veronica Ngwu,
who hails from Udi Local Government Area in
Enugu State.
The wife who has three children for the pastor
was reportedly not comfortable with the ugly
development and she lodged a complaint at the
Anti-Child Trafficking Unit of the Criminal
Investigations Department, CID, Enugu.This led to
the arrest of the pastor.
Veronica�s case
It was learnt that during interrogation, the
estranged wife of the pastor informed detectives
that she escaped from the ministry with one of
her daughters after her husband impregnated her
niece and claimed he was obeying the directives
of the Holy Spirit and a prophetic revelation.
She also informed detectives led by Gloria Udoka,
a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, that the
situation at the church was better imagined than
witnessed, alleging that her husband converts
married women and single girls to his own and
impregnates all of them while pretending to be
obeying spiritual directives.
Pastor�s claims
The pastor reportedly claimed that he had sexual
intercourse with women in his ministry as a result
of directives from the Holy Spirit and with the
consent of their husbands, if married, but for the
single ones, a spiritual directive.
Ngwu, until his arrest, was a Scrutiny Officer and
Statistician with the National Bureau of Statistics,
one time assistant Catechist at St. John�s
Catholic Church, Ihe-Umudikwere, Nsukka where
he inducts married women and young girls
seeking solution to their problems or favour. He
was chased out of the Catholic Church and he
started his own church.
Police Statement
The police in Enugu also alluded to the allegations
when they issued a statement through the Public
Relations Officer, DSP Ebere Amarizu, stating that
two women among others in the enclave of the
Vineyard, left their husbands to reside with the
General Overseer. According to the statement, the
two women identified as Calista Omeje and
Assumpta Odo confirmed that they left their
husbands to live with the General Overseer on the
prophetic injunction to do the will of God.
The statement noted that Calista revealed that
she had 10 children for her husband but was later
impregnated by the General Overseer and that the
baby died later. She also said that she gave out
her daughter to the General Overseer to be
impregnated, an act she described as �the
fulfillment of the Will of God.�
The police spokesman noted in the statement that
the pastor said he had five wives with 13 children
apart from other concubines he had following the
prophetic directive to do the will of God. The
Pastor, according to him, said that Veronica used
to be his wife but described her as �a falling
wife.� He also said, � I do not do anything with
any married woman until the full consent and
agreement were sought and reached between the
husband in line with the directives of the Holy
Spirit to do the will of God, which is an act of
spirituality.�
Inside the Ministry
When Crime Guard traced the Vineyard Ministry, it
was discovered to be located right inside the
compound of the father of the General Overseer
without any sign post, while about 15 women and
four men were seen taking lessons from an elderly
woman who acts as an instructor in the vineyard.
The entrance to the Vineyard was barricaded with
heavy iron gate which bares non-members.
However, a man who identified himself as Hilary
told our reporter after a heated argument that the
General Overseer traveled,and advised harshly
that the reporter should go back.
As soon as Hilary left to invite others to compel
the reporter to leave the premises, the reporter
peeped through an opening and saw a large
number of children and adult women scattered
inside the compound barricaded with iron gate.
Neighbours react
When Crime Guard spoke with some residents of
the area, they intimated that every thing about
the ministry was shrouded in secrecy, alleging
that children born inside the ministry are usually
confined within the compound and denied
communication with any other person outside.
The children have are denied formal education,
except the doctrine of the ministry.
....Brother too
A brother to the pastor who pleaded anonymity
told Crime Guard that he was not surprised that
police invaded the ministry, explaining that all
warnings by members of the family to compel
Timothy to desist from the act fell on deaf ears.
�Let me tell you, God�s anger has befallen my
brother. We have appealed to him several times to
stop what he was doing but he refused. He has
colonized our compound, bearing children with
recklessness. He accused us of being jealous of
him because he is doing the Will of God,�he
stated.
Lamentations
Nodding his head in disgust, he continued, �look
at these buildings here, he has converted all of
them to himself in the name of vineyard. I can�t
say exactly what influenced his spirit to the
devilish act in the name of God.
He sacked his betrothed wife who has three
children for him and embarked on impregnating
married women and young girls. Look at the
whole compound littered with children of different
sexes and ages. How can an educated man of his
status reason like an unrefined man? All members
of the vineyard are fools. How can a woman
abandon her husband for another man in the
name of worshiping God and practice adultery? I
cannot get myself involved in this matter; Vero
has opened the vessel of worms in the vineyard.
Let them sort themselves out with the police but I
want the ministry to be shut down completely,�
he explained.
Excommunication
Investigations also revealed that the Pastor Ngwu
was chased out of the St. John�s Catholic
Church, Ihe-Owerri, Nsukka as an Assistant
Catechist when Bishop Emeritus of Nsukka
Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Okobo, discovered
that he was teaching heresy. He reportedly called
him to order but he would not listen
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