Bishop Obinim arrested after reporting himself

The General Overseer of International God’s Way Church Bishop Daniel Obinim has been charged with physical and verbal assault after flogging two teenagers in his church, last Wednesday for fornication.

One other person whose name is immediately not known but said to be a close associate of the Bishop, has also been charged with abetment of crime. 

The two were handcuffed and transferred from the Tema Regional Police command to the National Headquarters in Accra after they reported to the station on Tuesday morning.

Bishop Obinim was reported to the Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service after a video went viral on social media showing him flogging two teenagers in church with a belt for fornicating. 

The said video, captured Bishop Obinim flogging the two teenagers who he described as his adopted children for having sex and attempting to abort a pregnancy. 
Not even the intervention of his wife could stop him from meting out the corporal punishment to the teenagers. 

He was widely condemned on social media as well as by human rights activists. The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection reported him to DOVVSU over the matter. 
A Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, also sued Bishop Obinim over the issue.


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