The Gulu High court will Thursday afternoon begin hearing of a bail application for Benjamin Oteka, a Gulu Pastor who was in June this jailed sentenced to five years for assault and threatening violence.
The embattled Oteka is serving his sentence at the Gulu Central Government Prison in Gulu town.
Oteka, 35, was found guilty on two counts of assaulting and threatening violence against his then American wife Carol Ward and another unidentified American national only identified as Lisa.
Carol Ward who is the proprietor of Favour of God Ministries in Gulu and which also owns the now off air Favour FM. The duo, it is understood, run the Favour of Gods Ministries before their relationship hit the rocks.
Oteka’s lawyer Henry Komakech wants high court to grant his client bail as he has challenged his conviction. Hearing of the bail application will commence on Friday afternoon before High Court judge Justice Vincent Okwanga.
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Why this disproportionate sentence. I understand that the woman is older than the defendant – hence custom dictates ORUTA, CARA MAA issues. We should realy be careful when we still accommodate foreigners who use same tactics they used to colonise Africa. Come with bible in hand, ask us to close our eyes and when we open our eyes we find that our land / resources are gone. Who is suing Britain for dispossessing Acholi of Paraa Game Park, white settlers for dispossessing Kenyans in the Kenya highlands of millions of acres of fertile land etc? Careful of Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing!!