A pastor identified as Michael Oliseh has been jailed for life for defiling his friend’s twin daughters.
The cleric who has been in the Kirikiri correctional centre committed the offence in 2017.
After many months of trial, the Ikeja Domestic Violence and S*xual Offences Court on Wednesday found him guilty of the charges against him and handed him life imprisonment.
The twin girls were only 12 years old at the time they were abused by their father’s friend.
Ruling on the case today, Wednesday, the court judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, described Oliseh, the assistant Pastor of the Anointed Chosen Vessel Ministry in Okota, Lagos, as a “serial rapist” who took turns defiling his friend’s daughters.
The judge stated that the prosecution had convincingly proved the charges of defilement against Oliseh beyond reasonable doubt.
She then handed Oliseh a life jail term on the two-count charge bordering on defilement.
“The testimony of the defence portrayed him as a serial rapist who took turns to defile the survivors.
“What a disloyal and untrustworthy pastor, who shamelessly and audaciously had sexual intercourse with his friend’s children who were entrusted in his care.
“His conduct is unbecoming of a pastor.
“Having been found guilty as charged with the two offences, the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.’’
From the judgement, Oliseh will run the sentences concurrently just as his name has been immediately entered in the S*x Offenders Register of the Lagos State Government.
Soladoye also berated the parents of the victims for lack of discipline by sending the the girls to stay with the convict.
“Parents of the survivors lack discipline and ought not to have sent their children to go stay in Oliseh’s house.
“Children are not to be entrusted with rowdy adults. They should be kept in the hands of responsible adults who have their goodwill at heart.
“The need for responsible parenting cannot be overemphasized,” the judge said.
To convince the court further, at least five witnesses testified at the trial and five exhibits were tendered.
According to the prosecution counsel, Mrs Olufunke Adegoke, Oliseh committed the crimes in November 2017 in Ago, near Okota, a suburb of Lagos.
Adegoke added that the defendant defiled the survivors after their father had entrusted them in his care and travelled to the village for burial.
She said that Oliseh then threatened the survivors that their father would become jobless if they told anyone about the s*xual encounter.
The culprit according to reports, was nabbed in the act by one of the neighbours after he had chased one of the survivors in the compound and dragged her with her pant.
The prosecution maintained that Oliseh’s offences violated Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
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