The High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti and presided over by Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi on Thursday convicted and sentenced to Life imprisonment a pastor of Winner Chapel Church situated at Omuo- Ekiti, Enoch Gbinyiam on a lone count offence of Rape of a minor.
The survivor who is the daughter of one of his church members was said to have been raped by the pastor in one of her visits to the vicarage. The innocent survivor of the rape usually frequented the mission house to help the wife of the Pastor with house chores, teach and help his young children in their school assignments. It was during one of her visits to the vicarage that the convict offered her a sedated bottle of Fanta.
He was charged with the offence of Rape contrary to section 2 of the Gender–Based Violence Law,2019. The learned Director of Public Prosecutions, Julius Ajibare, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State called 4 witnesses and tendered 2 Exhibits to float his case. The convict who spoke through his counsel, Adeyinka Opaleke, gave evidence in his defence and called one other witness.
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