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Prominent Senior Pastors of Daystar Christian Centre and Covenant Christian Centre, Pastors Sam Adeyemi and Poju Oyemade have expressed their long anticipated opinions over the accusation of rape leveled against Biodun Fatoyinbo, the lead Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), by Busola Dakolo, wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo.
Adeyemi on Monday via his Instagram page noted that it is “only appropriate to seek for truth justice , healing and restoration for all involved. The host of ‘Success Power’ in his message stated that he empathize with Busola Dakolo.
“My attention has been drawn to the allegations of rape made against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo by Mrs Busola Dakolo. These are, no doubt, serious allegations. Rape is a crime and I say a firm NO to rape.
“As Christians, it is only appropriate for us to seek for truth, justice, healing, and restoration for all involved. The Bible instructs us to do this with humility (Galatians 6:1).
While these are still allegations, I empathise with Mrs Dakolo and everyone that has been affected, and I pray God’s peace for them at this time.
“Though the allegations have been refuted, I hope there will be a process, legal or counseling, to establish the truth in these circumstances.
Meanwhile, let us pray for peace and strength for everyone hurting in this process, for the families of the accusers and the accused, and the Church”.
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Few hours before Fatoyinbo stepped down, Poju Oyemade in his message said he could only watch the video where Mrs Dakolo recounted her rape ordeal for a few minutes as ‘it was difficult to sit through it.’
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He said:”I immediately contacted the spiritual leader in the Body of Christ I believe Pastor Biodun defers in authority to, to wade into the issue and bring about a decision.
“He informed me his position. It was that Pst Biodun should first step down from the pulpit indefinitely, suspend 7days of glory and make a public statement. These he made known to him directly in an hour.”
He said they had three objectives in mind – justice, healing and redemption.
“It is apparent that the manner in which our Pentecostal Churches were/are born with an individual receiving a call directly from God and we all operating largely as independent bodies, our governing structures are not as strong as in the orthodox church settings with the exemption of Pentecostal denominations where you are appointed a pastor and can be easily sanctioned.
“This however makes it imperative that we go an extra mile to show a high level of compassion and sense of responsibility for people placed under our care or else what has brought our great growth may be what will destroy us,” Oyemade revealed.