A pastor of Winner Chapel Church situated at Omuo-Ekiti, Enoch Gbinyiam has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor after sedating her with Fanta.
The High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti, presided over by Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi on Thursday, 13 June, 2024, handed down the verdict on Gbinyiam convicting him of lone count offence of rape of a minor.
The pastor was said to have raped the the survivor who is the daughter of one of his church members in one of her visits to the vicarage.
The innocent survivor of the rape 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 poor girl took the Fanta and slept off and woke up to find he self bleeding profusely from her vagina.
The convict was arrested and charged to court and was charged with the offence of Rape contrary to section 2 of the Gender–Based Violence (Prohibition) Law,2019.
The state Director of Public Prosecutions, Julius Ajibare, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State called four witnesses and tendered two exhibits to support his case.
The convict who spoke through his counsel, Adeyinka Opaleke, gave evidence in his defence and called one other witness.
Justice Ogunyemi gave judgment and 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.
