Court Gives Final Judgement On Pastor Who Ra-ped His Friend's Twins In Lagos
Faith Ukanwa
May 05, 2022
Court Gives Final Judgement On Pastor Who Ra-ped His Friend's Twins In Lagos
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Se-xual Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old pastor, Michael Oliseh, to life imprisonment for ra-ping his friend's 12-year-old twin daughters.
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PUNCH Metro gathered that Oliseh, an assistant pastor in a Pentecostal church at Okota, Lagos State, raped the minors in turns.
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It was said that the victims were defiled by the defendant after their father entrusted them in his care and traveled to the village for burial.
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The defendant was charged with two counts bordering on defilement, contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
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Five witnesses testified at the trial and five exhibits were tendered.
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The prosecution counsel, Olufunke Adegoke, said Oliseh committed the crime in November 2017 in Ago, Okota, Lagos State.
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She said, "Oliseh threatened the survivors that their father would become jobless if they told anyone about the se-xual assault.ÔÇØ
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She added that Oliseh was caught by one of the neighbors in the compound after he chased and dragged one of the girls by her pants.
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Delivering judgement, Justice Soladoye, who described Oliseh as a "serial ra-pistÔÇØ, held that the prosecution convincingly proved the charges of defilement against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt.
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She said, "What a disloyal and untrustworthy pastor, who shamelessly and audaciously had sex-ual intercourse with his friend's children who were entrusted in his care.
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"The defendant is found guilty as charged and hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.
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"The sentence should run concurrently and the defendant's name should be entered in the Se-x Offenders Register of the Lagos State Government.ÔÇØ
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Justice Soladoye berated the parents of the survivors for sending them to stay with the convict.
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She said, "Parents of the survivors lack discipline and ought not to have sent their children to stay in Oliseh's house.
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"Children are not to be entrusted with randy adults and should be kept in the hands of responsible adults who have their goodwill at heart.ÔÇØ
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— Faith Ukanwa