Jailed Pastor Basil Princewill Loses Appeal In Rape Case
September 15, 2020
2:59 pm
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, upheld the conviction and sentencing of Pastor Basil Princewill, for raping a 14-year-old girl and attempting to abort the pregnancy.
Justice Stephen Adah, while reading a unanimous judgment of a panel of three, held that the appellate court found nothing wrong with the judgment given on June 25, 2019 by Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Justice Baba-Yusuf, in that judgment, convicted Princewill, Founder and General Overseer of the Mountain Mover Fire Ministry International, Nyanya, Abuja, on two of the four counts contained in the charge.…
