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S. Africa rearrests Nigerian pastor acquitted of rape

Timothy Omotoso. [Courtesy]

A Nigerian televangelist recently acquitted of multiple rape charges has been rearrested on immigration offences, South African police said on Saturday.

Timothy Omotoso was released last month, eight years after he was jailed to be tried on charges of raping and sexually assaulting several young women from his church.

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