Olinda pledges to have Spencer Banda caged before the weekend
Olinda Chapel has vowed to make sure radio and television personality Spencer Banda is put behind bars for alleged sexual offences against minors at a school that he owns. Troubled students have now been coming out of the closet about how the smooth presenter sexually molested them.
Radio and TV sportscaster Spencer Banda is in trouble as dozens of former students of a school where his father was a principal are accusing him of raping and sexually abusing them multiple times.This is not the first time Banda, a former ZBC TV presenter, has been accused of rape.In 2006, while he was still in the employ of ZBC, Banda was arrested and charged with rape. He appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Mr. Wantson Chagwiza to answer to the charges, involving two girls, both aged 14, whom he allegedly raped. It remains unclear how the case was concluded, but Banda eventually did not go to prison Now, the at the rundown Sodbury Secondary School, located in Mashonaland West, Darwendale area, some 65 km from Harare and near Inkomo Barracks, which is allegedly owned by Spencer Banda, allegations of rape against Banda have resurfaced.
Former students at the school have formed a social media platform, supported by women’s rights activists and lawyers, to expose the popular sportscaster who they allege raped them.Among the prominent people supporting the call for the arrest of Spencer is Olinda Chapel, a UK-based socialite, who has promised to ensure Spencer is arrested before the weekend.Spencer admitted to falling in love with the underage girls, but denied ever sleeping with any of them, in a chat seen by this publication.
He profusely apologized and pleaded with the former students, who are now parents, to forgive him. In 2018, Spencer Banda was allegedly bashed by a Harare man after having been caught red-handed with the man’s wife.