A pastor identified as Gideon Garba, has been arrested by the police in Kaduna State after a teenage girl he got pregnant died in the process of abortion.
According to report, the married pastor who is originally from Plateau State but was posted to serve in the state, had been dating the girl, identified as Stella, said to be the daughter of a senior pastor in the church and a second year Ordinary National Diploma (OND) student of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in the state and when she got pregnant, Pastor Gimba arranged for her to have an abortion and engaged a friend who works in a hospital.
The quack ‘doctor’ was said to have given the girl some drugs to flush out the pregnancy which was already in the third month but when the foetus could not be flushed out, he gave her some local herbs to drink.
The herbs was said to have reacted violently leading to the girl bleeding profusely. he parents rushed her to a hospital where doctors confirmed that she had taken drugs meant to terminate the pregnancy and proceeded to evacuate her womb but apparently, the damage had been much.
However, before she gave up the ghost, Stella confessed to her parents that it was Pastor Gimba that got her pregnant and took her to the quack doctor for the abortion.
The parents later reported the case to the police and Gimba and his friend were arrested and are now in detention while the police continue with their investigations.
– Pulse.
