UK-based televangelist Gilbert Deya extradited to Kenya
What you need to know:
- He has been arguing that his human rights would be under threat.
- He also argued that he would face “cruel and inhuman conditions” if jailed in Kenya.
Controversial preacher Gilbert Deya has arrived in Kenya after being extradited from Britain.
This comes just three weeks after a UK-based judge termed the fact that he had not been deported yet as 'scandalous'.
The controversial preacher, famously known for the 'miracle babies' saga arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 4.40am Friday aboard a Kenya Airways Flight from London.
Airport OCPD Zipporah Waweru confirmed the arrival of the preacher but did not give details of the extradition.
DCI
"This matter is being handled by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations but all I can confirm is that he arrived at that time," Ms Waweru said.
Daily Nation has learnt that Mr Deya was accompanied by three Kenyan police officers who had travelled to the UK to help in his extradition.
UK police officers also accompanied them.
As soon as the plane touched down, the DCI took over and transferred the preacher to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road, where he is expected to be questioned.
KENYA PRISONS
The extradition of the preacher was first ordered by then-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in 2007 but the preacher has managed to postpone it by claiming that the jails in Kenya are cruel and inhuman.
Following his claims, then-Home Secretary Theresa May, who is the current British Prime Minister, sent a judge, Lord David Ramsbotham, to Nairobi’s Kamiti Maximum Security Prison to check on the conditions.
The judge ruled that Mr Deya’s fears were unfounded.
FAKE DOCUMENTS
In March 2017, a UK court also accused Deya of providing fake documents.
The self-proclaimed bishop of a church in Peckham in South London is accused of stealing babies and lying to infertile couples that he could give them 'miracle babies'.
He is alleged to have stolen five babies in Kenya between 1999 and 2004.
His church in London is estimated to have 34,000 followers.
MARY DEYA
Mr Deya’s wife, Mary Deya is also serving a jail sentence at the Lang’ata Women Prison.
She was in January sentenced to three years for the theft of a child in September 2005.
She was also found guilty on two counts of providing false information.
She had earlier served and completed two jail terms.
