The pictures of my husband with Jennifer posted by Pastor Nicolas resulted in the immediate summon of my husband by the leadership of the Church for questioning. He appeared before them and explained himself. He told the story of the first appearance of the girl in his office when he was still the Assistant General Overseer. He then narrated why he was in a loose belt and unbuttoned shirt.'I was with Pastor Nicolas, the acting Assistant General Overseer in my office. We were having coffee and I felt a rumbling in my stomach and I became pressed. I excused myself from Pastor Nicolas who also excused himself and left my office. I went to the restroom, eased myself and I was a bit exhausted, I quickly left the restroom after flushing to go and rest in my office. Knowing that nobody was or was supposed to be in my office, I left my belt loose and my shirt unbuttoned, coming to my chair close to my office table. I felt someone's hands around my neck. That was when I got the idea that a la
Three Days laterFinally, the adjournment was over, and my husband was before the panel again. When everyone was seated and before the meeting commenced, Pastor Nicolas used another number to post the video coverage he made about my husband and Jennifer. The video started when Jennifer was holding the neck of my husband, lying naked on his table, her lips on his lips to her comment before she left his office. In the video, my husband was looking at Linda without a word in defense or support of the comments Jennifer made before leaving his office. Everyone in the panel who had his phone and was on the net saw and watched the video, those who were not online, went online immediately after they heard of it and saw it themselves. Even my husband went online and saw it too. The video threw every member of the panel into confusion, they believed that my husband was lying to defend his crime. At once, Linda was sent for. A little while later, Linda was before the panel.'Linda, you are the a
My husband could not believe what he watched Pastor Nicolas say. He wondered when Pastor Nicolas has ever advised him on the issue of women and sex or when they have discussed such. Within a few minutes, press from various media companies stormed our compound and were knocking at the gate. When the security man looked from the opening of the gate and saw them, he ran quickly to us to inform us. My husband and I went to meet with them to find out why they were at our compound.'Excuse me, Pastor, are you guilty of the accusation going viral at this moment, against you, sir?' Someone from the crowd asked.'Did you really tell Jennifer that your wife was dead to get her to bed? Why would you do that, sir?' Another person asked?'Madam, how did you feel when you heard that your husband was having an affair with Jennifer, another woman?' Someone from the crowd asked, directing the question to me.'Why are you still in this marriage, after what he did to you, madam? Why are you defending hi
The Verdict of the JudgeThe court hearing took four days, and after both lawyers debated, the Judge said, 'I know that this court has not treated this kind of case before. We are used to the case of rape, divorce, who takes custody of a child, and more. But this is a different case to a greater extent. That notwithstanding, a crime is a crime and must be punished. And when punished, others learn from it.Haven said that I have looked at this case carefully, seen the damage that the action of Pastor Solomon had caused Jennifer, the image of his Church and other pastors like him, and most of it all, the image of his family, even though his wife still believes that he is innocent; and with the evidence before me, I have come to the conclusion that Pastor Solomon is as guilty as charged.I, therefore, sentence Pastor Solomon to fourteen years imprisonment, and one year of public service after the fourth year of jail term is completed. Court!' The Judge concluded.My husband was handcuffe
Jennifer was also arrested and brought into police custody. During interrogation, Pastor Nicolas confessed and claimed that he was blackmailed by Jennifer to implicate my husband.'Pastor Nicolas, you would do yourself a huge favor to come clean and cooperate with us. I do not know if you understand the gravity of your crimes, attempted murder, blackmailing, and character assassination. Those will fetch you lots of years in jail, but with your cooperation, you can get yourself a reduced jail term,' the interrogating officer told him.'Alright, I will tell you everything,' Pastor Nicholas was interrupted.'Go on, that is the best decision you can make right now, Pastor,' the interrogating officer interrupted.'Jennifer, she made me do all these,' he was interrupted again by the interrogating officer.'How? What do you mean, Pastor?' The interrogating officer asked.'She threatens to blackmail me if I fail to help her get at Pastor Solomon,' he was interrupted again.'What does she have
'Court! Rise,' the court clerk shouted at the arrival of the Judge. And at once everyone in the courtroom rose.'You may, please sit,' the Judge said after taking his seat, and they all sat down. 'I called on the case file 101, the case between Pastor Solomon, Pastor Nicolas, and Jennifer,' the Judge said and the case file was brought and the lawyers positioned themselves. First, Pastor Nicolas' lawyer took the floor, called Jennifer to the witness stand, and asked her some questions, which she answered. After Jennifer, the lawyer called Pastor Nicolas to the witness stand and asked him some questions after which he told him to give his testimony. Pastor Nicolas repeated in the court everything he told the police in the interrogation room After Pastor Nicolas' testimony, our lawyer stepped up and asked Pastor Nicolas, 'Pastor Nicolas, are you telling the court that Pastor Solomon was totally innocent of all the accusations made against him?' He asked. 'Yes,' Pastor Nicolas replied. '
Meanwhile, the video coverage that shows my husband's innocence that got viral has got people talking. All those that abused my husband on social media went on the net and apologized to my husband. Many asked for his forgiveness and prayers for all the ills they believed and spoke against him. Again radio stations and television broadcasting centers made it a topic for discussion and gave room for people to send in their takes or call and voice out their takes on the topic. Various newspapers captioned it, "Pastor Solomon is Vindicated," others titled it "The Real Face Behind the Mask." "The Innocence of Pastor Solomon is finally revealed," etc.In one of the discussions held on one of the televisions on the topic of my husband's blackmail, one of the discussants said, 'This is really an eye-opener, who knows how many pastors, not just pastors, how many men that have been wrongly and falsely accused of a scandal. I know that the case of rape, sexual abuse, or exploitation is very bad
I was extremely joyful, I felt relieved for a very long time. I was very happy with my husband. I loved him more, and in the car we were, I sat very close to him holding his hand warmly with my head relaxed on his chest. Tears of joy were rolling down my cheeks, but I was happily and emotionally powerless to wap them off. Joyfully we drove to our house and I met with another scene that increased my joy, that I had to cry out aloud. As we drove into the compound and entered the sitting room, I saw my Dad and Mum in the sitting room with our kids watching the interview of my husband by the press agents. This was the first time my Dad visited our house since after our marriage. My Mum has been the one visiting from time to time. I wasn't overwhelmed with joy just because my Dad visited my husband's house, but I was by the confession of my Dad to my husband. He said to my husband, 'I have come to your house today because I have something I want to let out of my chest. When I gave my daugh