By Ezurike Ugochukwu
A pastor with the
Winners Chapel Church in
Omuo-Ekiti, Pastor Enoch
Ebinyiam, has been sentenced
to life imprisonment by an Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti State High Court for drugging and raping a minor church member.
The said minor who happens to be a daughter of one
of the worshippers in the pastor’s church, was said to
have been raped by the pastor
in one of her visits to the
vicarage.
The girl was said to usually
frequent the mission house to
help the wife of the Pastor
with house chores and help his
young children with their
school assignments.
It was during one of her visits
to the vicarage that the convict
sedated her with a bottle of
Fanta laced with a sleeping
potion. After she slept off, the
cleric proceeded to have carnal
knowledge of the girl, with her
only to wake up and find out
that she was bleeding
profusely from 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 called four
witnesses and tendered two
exhibits to prove his case.
The convict spoke through his
counsel, Adeyinka Opaleke,
who gave evidence in his
defence, as he called only one
other witness.
In his judgment this Thursday, Justice
Olusegun Ogunyemi held that
the prosecution proved the
offence of rape against the
defendant beyond reasonable
doubt.
The judge being convinced by the evidences convicted the defendant and
sentenced him to life
imprisonment for such beastly and heinous act.