Minister Schreiber declares Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso as a prohibited person [SOUND]

# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has declared the Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso as a illegal person in South Africa. The department’s spokesperson, Siya Qoza, says Omotoso earlier challenged his status as a prohibited person in court, and the court held that his status should be remitted back to the Department for reconsideration. He says he was arrested in East London in the Eastern Cape, after the minister rejected the application submitted by Omotoso that sought to overturn the earlier decision of the department to declare him as a prohibited person: