Sunday, May 11, 2025 - Timothy Omotosho, a Nigerian televangelist recently acquitted of multiple r@pe charges has been rearrested on immigration offences, South African police said on Saturday, May 10.
Timothy Omotoso was released in April 2025, nine years
after he was jailed to be tried on charges of r@ping and s£xually assaulting
several young women from his church.
He was acquitted after the judge found that, while the
pastor’s explanations appeared improbable, state prosecutors had mishandled the
case against him.
Following his acquittal, Immigration authorities and police
arrested Omotoso in the town of East London on Saturday morning, “just after
church”, police commissioner General Fannie Masemola told journalists.
“He will be facing charges related to violations to the
Immigration Act and he will appear in court on Monday,” he said.
The 66-year-old pastor at the Jesus Dominion International
(JDI) church based in South Africa was arrested in 2017 on 32 charges,
including r@pe, s£xual exploitation and human trafficking.
Several young women, some of whom were still in school at
the time, testified that they were handpicked by Omotoso, who would pray for
forgiveness after each encounter with them.
In April, Eastern Cape High Court judge Irma Schoeman
criticised the prosecution’s handling of the case, saying the state had not
proved beyond reasonable doubt its case against Omotoso and two assistants, who
also faced charges.
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