UK Extradites Controversial Preacher Gilbert Deya to Kenya
UK-based controversial televangelist Gilbert Deya has been extradited to Kenya to face charges of child trafficking and abduction.
The extradition of the ‘miracle babies’ preacher was first ordered by then UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in 2007, but Deya has been fighting efforts to deport him to face trial, saying that his human rights would be violated.
The Televangelist argued that he would subjected to “cruel and inhuman conditions” if jailed in Kenya, which prompted the then-Home Secretary Theresa May, the current British Prime Minister to send a judge, Lord David Ramsbotham, to assess the conditions of Kamiti Maximum Security in Nairobi. The judge ruled that Deya’s fears were unfounded.
Deya arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 4.40 am on Friday aboard a Kenya Airways flight and accompanied by UK police officers who handed Deya to the Kenyan authorities.
The preacher will be facing child trafficking charges after he was accused of coordinating the trafficking of children, who his church would later present as ‘miracles’ for barren mothers.
He is accused of stealing five children between May 1999 and December 2004 from Pumwani Hospital in Nairobi to publicize his ‘miracle babies’ project.
In 2005, his wife Mary was sentenced to a three-year jail term after she was found guilty of stealing a child from the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi.
“He has been handed over to the CID who are preparing to take him to court,” Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet told Capital FM News, “he was extradited from the UK.”
Comments (5)
MALIPO NI HAPA HAPA TU!
I was around one of Preacher Deya's kids sometime back (who resembles him a lot by the way); and she was a Mess (but I hope she has changed over the years).
Read Matthew 10:37 and Luke 14:26 and then use your brain to decide your future.
What he has done is appalling! He brought unimaginable pain to the mothers of the babies and those seeking "a miracle", not to mention the children involved. The atrocity committed in the name of God puts me off churches completely. I have noticed a rise in Kenyan "pastors" in UK whose main goal appears to be money. Where they get their credentials is a mystery. I note it becomes a family business involving the wife and the kids. I think the Kenyan authorities should strive to get those who assisted him in this awful crime. Worst exploitation to all those involved. Ashindwe!
@Sukari:
Any African who is believes in Islam or Christianity is a "lost and dangerous African." Run away from an African who claims to be a Muslim or a Christian!
Islam is part of the Arab culture the same as Christianity which is an extension of the Jewish culture!
Islam and Christianity refused to respect or recognize our ancestral names. They gave us "religious and cultural slave names."
If you meet an African whose first name is Islamic or Jewish/European name, please run away and know that you have met a dead or lost African!