Cleric Bags 7 Years for Raping Teenager

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Alex Enumah in Abuja

Justice Hussein Baba -Yusuf of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday handed down a seven years jail term to a clerg, Pastor Basil Princewill, convicted on charges of rape.

Princewill, who is the founder of Mountain Mover Ministry International in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was found guilty in two of the 4-count charge preferred against him by the Nigeria Police.

The charges borders on rape, impersonation and attempt to cause abortion and abetting miscarriage, involving a 14 years old girl.

“l must consider the fate of a young girl and the society”, the trial judge said while handing down the sentence, “It is even worrisome when the person involved is a man of God who we should look up to as next to God, those who serve in the Lord’s vineyard are expected to be an example to the society”.

While he stressed that it was necessary to send a strong signal that such attitude as rape and others…



Source: Thisday Newspaper