Photo: Pastor William Emeka accused of raping four women in South Africa says he fears for his life
One pastor William Emeka, who is accused of raping four women in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, fears for his life, his attorney Omoregie Ogboro said today. Speaking to African News Agency (ANA) shortly after Emeka made another brief appearance in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court, Ogboro said Emeka abandoned his bail bid on December 5 last year because he feared being attacked by some members of the public. “There was a lot of tension and his church was burnt,” said Ogboro. The 43-year-old Emeka, said to be a Democratic Republic of Congo national, was arrested in November last year and his church was burnt by unknown people near Bronkhorstspruit in the same month. He faces four charges of rape and two of sexual assault. Allegations are that Emeka asked four female congregants to take off their clothes before he smeared them with anointing oil and then raped them. On December 5 last year, police saved a Nigerian man from a crowd of peop