An Accra Circuit Court was on Friday compeled to adjourn the case in which the Founder and Leader of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim is standing trial for physically assaulting his two adopted children to Jan 26.
The court took the decision after the accused lawyer Ralph Opoku Adusei told the presiding Judge Abena Oppon Adjin Doku that Bishop Obinim is sick and receiving treatment at police hospital and showed the medical records to the court.
Kasapa FM’s Court Correspondent, Daakyehene Ofosu Agyemang reported that the lawyer further told the court that the victims have told the investigators that they are not minors as earlier said. The prosecutor, DSP George Amega however told the court to allow him to investigate the authenticity of the medical report.
The judge adjourned the case after ordering the lawyer to file the medical reports to the court.
Background
Bishop Daniel Obinim in a video which went viral on social media a couple of months ago was seen with the support of his two junior pastors using a belt to lash two young adults, Elliasu Obinim and Gyesiwaah Obinim he claimed were his adopted children.
The two were accused of fornication and attempting to abort a pregnancy.
The Bishop was sternly criticized by the general public, lawyers and religious leaders after the video surfaced on social media, but he found nothing wrong with his conduct.
The case was later reported to the police for investigation.
While Obinim has been charged with physical abuse contrary to section 4 of the DOVVSU Act, his accomplices Kingsley Baah and Solomon Abraham who are his junior pastors have been charged for abetment of crime.
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