The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the conviction
and the 14 years sentence of imprisonment imposed on a pastor, Basil
Princewill, for raping a 14-year-old girl.
The self-styled ‘Apostle’ was also said to have attempted to
abort the pregnancy resulting from the sexual scam.
A three-man panel, in a unanimous judgment read by Justice
Stephen Adah, held that it found nothing wrong with the June 25, 2019 judgment
of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, which convicted the pastor.
“Having looked at the
arguments in the appeal and the records, as well as the evidence adduced in the
case, I hold that the lower court did not do anything wrong by sentencing the
appellant to seven years imprisonment.
“The appeal failed and the judgment of the lower court is hereby
upheld.”
Princewill, who was then 33 years old, was said to have
forcefully had sexual intercourse with the victim between July 27 and December
31, 2011 at Mountain Mover Ministry International and his house in Nyanya,
Abuja.
The victim was said to have been impregnated in the process.
He was said to have threatened to kill her if she dared to tell
anyone.
The pastor was said to have thereafter given her Postinor tablet
and alcohol for abortion of the resultant pregnancy.
He was said to have falsely claimed to be the girl’s father when
he took her to a medical centre to procure abortion for her.
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