Popular Nigerian pastor, Tim Omotoso who is based in South Africa was humiliated, handcuffed and arrested like a common criminal by South African police at Port Elizabeth Airport on Thursday 20th April, 2017
The 58-year old pastor was arrested inside the toilet at the Port Elizabeth Airport shortly after he disembarked from his flight. He had arrived Port Elizabeth airport around 3 pm from Durban where his church, Jesus Dominion International is headquartered.
Sources told us that: “Within minutes of the first passengers disembarking, police rushed on to the tarmac. But Omotoso was seen walking into the toilets minutes earlier, accompanied by a woman. About eight heavily-armed policemen were in the airport searching for the pastor. The policemen went into the toilet and dragged out the pastor.”
The pastor’s lawyer, Terry Price, who was present at the airport protested; “You can’t arrest him here without a warrant! The police are worse than Mugabe’s thugs in Zimbabwe. Since when do you arrest an unarmed pastor with eight armed men? He is not a danger.”
Pastor Omotoso who is based in Durban, South Africa, was accused of sexually molesting girls in his congregation and arraigned in court on Friday 21st April, 2017 and was denied bail. He is going to spend 12 nights behind bars as his bail application will be heard in court on May 3rd, 2017.
Pastor Omotoso, who is the founder of a 24-hour satellite TV station, Ancient of Days Broadcasting Network (ADBN), which is aired across the Caribbean, Africa, Mexico, Middle East, Europe and the United States, is married and has three children.