An Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State High Court presided over by Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi, has convicted and sentenced Enoch Gbinyiam, a pastor from Winners Chapel Church in Omuo-Ekiti, to life imprisonment for the single charge of r*ping a minor.
The survivor who is the daughter of one of his church members was said to have been r*ped by the pastor on one of her visits to the vicarage.
The r*pe survivor 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. The girl took the Fanta and slept off and woke up to find herself bleeding profusely from her vagina.
The convict was arrested and charged to Court. He was charged with the offence of r*pe contrary to section 2 of the Gender–Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, 2019.
The 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.
The Honourable Court in his wisdom gave judgement and held that the Prosecution proved the offence of r*pe against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt.
The Judge consequently convicted the defendant and sentenced him to life imprisonment.