A Nigerian televangelist recently acquitted of multiple rape charges has been rearrested on immigration offences, South African police said on Saturday.
Timothy Omotoso was released last month, eight years after he was jailed to be tried on charges of raping and sexually assaulting several young women from his church.
His acquittal drew anger across South Africa after the judge found that, while the pastor's explanations appeared improbable, state prosecutors had mishandled the case against him.
Immigration authorities and police arrested Omotoso in the town of East London on Saturday morning, "just after church", police commissioner General Fannie Masemola told journalists. "He will be facing charges related to violations to the Immigration Act and he will appear in court on Monday," he said.
