Kehinde Bamisile, a pastor in Ekiti has been jailed for 18 months. The pastor was sent to prison after he damaged the car of a lecturer, Dr Kayode Ariyo, in Ekiti State,
According to The Nation, the 53-year-old cleric at the Akure, Ondo State-based World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry (WOSEM), hit Ariyo’s Mercedes Benz C200 car while being pursued by police and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), for allegedly carrying passengers along Ikere-Iju road without permission on June 16, 2016.
He resorted to speeding on a narrow road but lost control and swerved into Ariyo’s car in the oncoming lane.
Magistrate O. Lawal of the Ikere-Ekiti Judicial Division, who pronounced him guilty of gross traffic misconduct, also ordered the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to withdraw his driver’s licence and not issue or renew it for 36 months.
Ariyo, a chief lecturer and Head of the Department of Languages, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo in Ondo State, said he spent over N300, 000 to repair his damaged car.
However, Magistrate Lawal, refrained from awarding cost for damages. He gave Ariyo the option of seeking redress in the high court, if interested in claiming damages.
He, however, gave Bamisile a N5,000 fine option.
