{"id":68857,"date":"2025-06-24T05:40:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68857"},"modified":"2025-06-24T05:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:40:52","slug":"prominent-abuja-cleric-under-fire-over-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/24\/prominent-abuja-cleric-under-fire-over-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Abuja Cleric Under Fire Over Alleged Sexual Abuse of Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A respected religious figure known for his fiery sermons and calls for moral uprightness is now at the center of a disturbing scandal involving the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The clergyman, identified as Pastor Isah, was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), after serious allegations surfaced linking him to the assault of the minor.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his public reputation for preaching boldness and righteousness often urging believers to &#8220;be a light in a dark world&#8221; authorities revealed that he is now being accused of leveraging his spiritual authority to prey on a vulnerable teenager.<\/p>\n<p>According to insiders within the FCID, the case is being handled with extraordinary discretion due to the suspect\u2019s influential status in the religious community.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to obtain the cleric\u2019s side of the story proved unsuccessful, as calls placed to his mobile line went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, it is believed that some police officers may be working covertly to protect Pastor Isah by suppressing information and keeping his identity from the public.<\/p>\n<p>This has raised concerns about possible attempts to obstruct justice, especially given the gravity of the charges and the age of the victim.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation unfolds under a veil of secrecy, public outcry continues to mount, with many calling for transparency and accountability regardless of the suspect\u2019s clerical title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal\u00a0 A respected religious figure known for his fiery sermons and calls for moral uprightness is now at the center of a disturbing scandal involving the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl. The clergyman, identified as Pastor Isah, was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), after serious allegations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":68858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-68857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68859,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857\/revisions\/68859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}