The High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti and presided over by Hon.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 a daughter of one of his church members was said to have been raped by the pastor in one of her visit to vicarage.
The innocent survivour of the rape usually frequented the mission house to help the wife of the so called Pastor for 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 sedated a bottle of fanta and offered her.The poor girl took the fanta and slept off only to wake up and found out that she was bleeding profusely from her vagina.
The convict was arrested and charged to Court.He was charged with the offence of Rape contrary to section 2 of the Gender – Based Violence (Prohibition) Law,2019.
The learned Director of Public Prosecutions, JULIUS AJIBARE,Esq 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,Esq gave evidence in his defence and called one other witness.
The Honourable Court in his wisdom held that the Prosecution proved the offence of Rape against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt. The Judge consequently convicted the defendant and sentenced him to Life imprisonment.
