The Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced Pastor Ajiboye Olayinka, General Overseer of the Mission House of Divine Land of Joy and Prayer Ministry, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping three minors within his church premises.
On Wednesday, Justice Hammed Gegele delivered the ruling, convicting Olayinka of multiple offences, including unlawful sexual intercourse with minors, illegal abortion, and unlawful possession of firearms.
According to Punch, Justice Gegele described the pastor as a “pedophile and philanderer” who exploited religion to manipulate and sexually abuse underage girls.
The court heard that Olayinka impregnated some victims and forced them to undergo abortions, threatening them with death if they reported the crimes.
Victims were coerced into swearing oaths of secrecy on the Bible.
One survivor testified that the pastor raped her inside a generator house, using anointing oil as lubricant.
Another revealed that he often woke her after vigils to assault her.
Justice Gegele declared: “The convict turned his victims into sex machines, abusing them physically and mentally.”
Gegele sentenced the defendant to three separate life imprisonment sentences for offences relating to unlawful sexual intercourse with minors.
The trial judge sentenced Olayinka to 14 years imprisonment for carrying out illegal abortions for his victims.
Gegele commanded that the pump action gun recovered from the convict be forfeited to the federal government.
