In what has been described as
a penalty for betrayal of trust, one Pastor Michael Oliseh in Lagos State has
been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually defiling his friend’s two
daughters.
The accused is said to have
committed the crime sometime in 2017 and has since been remanded in the
Kirikiri prison.
After many months of trial,
the Ikeja Domestic Violence and S3xual Offences Court on Wednesday found the
cleric guilty of charges against him and handed him life imprisonment.
Ruling on the case today, 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
categorically that the prosecution had convincingly proved the charges of
defilement against Oliseh beyond any reasonable doubt.
The judge sentenced Oliseh to
life imprisonment on the two-count charge bordering on defilement.
She said: “The testimony of
the defense 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 S3x Offenders Register of the Lagos State Government.
