An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a pastor of the Winners Chapel Church in Omuo-Ekiti, Mr. Enoch Ebinyiam, to life imprisonment for raping a minor.
The pastor reportedly raped the victim – the daughter of a member of the Church – during one of her visits to the vicarage.
Reports said the young girl was a regular visitor to the pastor’s house, where she helped out in domestic chores, as well assist his children in their school assignments.
According to the counsel to the victim, it was during one of her visits to the vicarage that the convict sedated her with a bottle of drink, after which slept off, only to wake up to see blood all over her private part.
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 Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Julius Ajibade, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State government called four witnesses and tendered two exhibits to prove his case.
The convict, speaking through his counsel Adeyinka Opaleke in his personal defence, called only one witness.
In his judgment, Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi held that the prosecution proved the offence of rape against the convict beyond reasonable doubt.
The judge consequently convicted the defendant and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
