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A Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, has been rearrested weeks after he was acquitted of multiple rape charges.

South African police authorities and the Home Affairs Department confirmed that the televangelist was arrested early on Saturday morning in East London.

PUNCH Online reports that the 66-year-old pastor at the Jesus Dominion International church based in South Africa was arrested in 2017 on 32 charges, including rape, sexual 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.


However, Omotoso was released last month, nine years after he was jailed to be tried on charges of raping and sexually assaulting several young women from his church.

Omotoso was acquitted last month on all 32 charges of rape, trafficking and sexual assault against him.

Confirming the development, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said Omotosho’s rearrest was based on immigration matters, adding that he will appear in court on Monday.

He said, “Well, I know it’s Omotoso. He was arrested this morning around 5 o’clock in East London as he was finishing the church,” said

“Inspectorate immigration of the Department of Home Affairs, together with the South African Police Service and TRT [Tactical Response Team], did effect the arrest.

“The arrest is based on immigration matters. He will appear in court somewhere around Monday, and everybody will know exactly what charges he’s facing. But it’s immigration-related matters.”

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TIMO ti wa lat timo'le

This one na Mendy uncle

Celestialsword:

https://punchng.com/nigerian-pastor-timothy-omotoso-rearrested-in-south-africa/?amp

You really had the audacity to start a crusade right after beating a rape charge no shame, no chill. Now they've slapped you with immigration heat. Oga, deportation is loading.

Damn

Someone should give me the name of any reliable quick loan app that can give me 70k

That guy doesn't love himself!
If he knew how much he is hated in SA he would leave the country minutes after he was acquitted of his ràpe case.
Someone close to him should have advised him properly.
He wanted even to restart his church in the same community if not that the city Mayor stood her ground that it would not happen on her watch.

geelite:
Someone should give me the name of any reliable quick loan app that can give me 70k

You no go pay back

Good for him...


Since Sense his far from him...



After being incarcerated for almost 8yrs you finally got your freedom instead of just heading back home and start all over u say u still want die dere....

Doing scam business in Nigeria aka pastoral work or work of God is not enough for you. You then went to foreign land of hate to continue the business. Ah nor pity u

Why wasting time there after he was discharged and acquired earlier?

This man should close his branches at South Africa and focus on Nigeria market... Common sense naa

But he should have left their country for them since naaaaa

Can't he leave the country after he was released or what?

Oga leave South Africa they are not part of Africa and not part of black race we do not know where they came from.

The moment they free you I said it then you should leave that country because they will still come back for you and here we go now.

I go pay. Just that im currentlydown and the only way to settlethe problem is to take loan since nobody wants to help

Jamiubond009:
You no go pay back

geelite:
Someone should give me the name of any reliable quick loan app that can give me 70k

Don't come here later to say loan app is threatening your life. Borrow from family

Alright

Idiot. Sell your phone,repay the loan,take new loan and buy the phone back or take it to black market sabo,they do pawn a lot. Foo l

geelite:
I go pay. Just that im currentlydown and the only way to settlethe problem is to take loan since nobody wants to help

free2ryhme:


You really had the audacity to start a crusade right after beating a rape charge no shame, no chill. Now they've slapped you with immigration heat. Oga, deportation is loading.

So you expect him to hide after his acquittal? Do you understand the meaning of acquittal?

South westerners are Muslims

why is omotosho claiming to be a pastor

This is not a good update on this matter at all


Sha see this

erniok:

So you expect him to hide after his acquittal? Do you understand the meaning of acquittal?

Cant he go for holidays to rest? so the previous issue can easily die down

He can comeback and meet COZA to show him an inroad to the Nigerian marketplace.

OGA omotosho the southies don't want you..
Leave they nonsense country for them.

They always feel threatened by Nigerians

Same thing happened to chidinma.

free2ryhme:


Cant he go for holidays to rest? so the previous issue can easily die down

What is needs to die down when you are acquitted? Dude, you are as clean as a whistle and have nothing to fear as far as those allegations are concerned.
They just want to get him at all cost and never bothered about compensating him for the years spent in prison.

Accomodator don dey collect wetin him brothers dey do at home

Youruba people disgracing Nigeria in abroad all the time

geoworldedu:
Doing scam business in Nigeria aka pastoral work or work of God is not enough for you. You then went to foreign land of hate to continue the business. Ah nor pity u

Education na scam yet see how you are disgracing yourself online.

Better go back to school and learn to read.

Thread is struggling to make it page one..
If the name was Pastor Chukwu.... Okeke., agbadorians will have driven the whole thread to page 10 by now as they splash tribal saliva right left and center...., whike playing the victim ofcourse ..

Timothy Omotosho is making Nigeria proud in South Africa.
Cc Peterobiisalie
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