Controversial Minister Gilbert Deya moves to court to block prosecution

Controversial televangelist Gilbert Deya has moved to the High Court seeking to quash the decision by the Inspector General of Police to prosecute him with child stealing.

In his application, Deya argues that he has been charged before with the same charges which were later withdrawn under section 87(a) of the Penal Code.

The televangelist adds that he is likely to suffer prejudice if similar charges are preferred against him considering that his wife was acquitted of similar offences.

Deya has faced a ten-year battle against extradition to Kenya, having been accused of leading a baby-smuggling syndicate in a slum-based hospital in Nairobi.

The former security guard has claimed he faces torture and inhuman and degrading treatment if sent back to Kenya, alleging that he is a victim of a political vendetta.

In January, the self-proclaimed “Archbishop”  was found on the wrong side of the law with the UK’s Sun newspaper reporting that the 63-year-old preacher was selling olive oil as a miracle cure for cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Deya, who calls himself the Archbishop of Peckham, was found to be selling the 2 pounds  750 ml budget supermarket product in his church shop in south London for 5 pounds.

According to The Sun, he claimed to have “anointed” the oil and suggested that if used on food, it can make cancer “disappear”.

Deya, who runs Gilbert Deya Ministries, which is said to have a UK membership of 36,000 – also claimed that he can give infertile couples “miracle babies”.