16/07/2023
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SDA church elder defiles teen in front of her twin sister
An elder from a Seventh Day Adventist Church in Chibombo District, Central Province is being investigated by police for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in the presence of her sister.
Zambia Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the incident said police are waiting for a medical form to be signed and returned to Mwanjuni police post at 10 Miles.
Hamoonga said police have not officially arrested the charged elder, Lovemore Hang'andu yet.
It is alleged that elder Hanga'andu defiled the minor after he locked her up in her and her twin sister in his house
The girl was allegedly defiled in April this year and her guardians only discovered about the ordeal when she was 3 months pregnant.
The aunt to the victim said her young sister, who is mother to the victim is blind.
She said elder Hanga'andu who was transferred to the Kapopo SDA congregation became close to the victim’s mother after she gave him a piece of land to cultivate crops.
The source said the elder was well known to the family and that one day, he requested that the twins should go to his house and help him clean.
“I never thought that a man of God, who presides over a church, can defile my niece. He was so good to the children and everyone in the village,” she said.
The source said on June 30, 2023, she went to her sister’s house and discovered that one of the twins was not looking well.
She said she immediately took the twins to the hospital, where it was revealed that one of them was pregnant.
The source said when she asked the girl pointed her fingers to the SDA elder, Hanga’andu.
She said on July 1, 2023, she went to Kapopo's SDA congregation in the campany of her male relatives and found the man of God preaching before the congregants.
“We pounced on him, apprehended him, and took him to the police station where he was detained. We are just waiting for a medical report form so that police ca
