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Taiwo Adewami, a Nigerian pastor based in the United States of America, has written a letter to the management of Arise Television demanding an apology and compensation fee for the wrong use of his photographs to broadcast a trending video in which a pastor asked his congregation to donate N310,000 each for transportation to heaven.
Recall that founder of Christ High Commission Mission based in Kaduna. Ade Abraham had allegedly collected a whooping sum of 310,000 naira each from members interested in flying to heaven.
Some members of the church invited family members living abroad to come rapture to heaven from Omuo-Ekiti camp in Ekiti state.
However, Arise Television in its programme anchored by Reuben Abati, on Wednesday morning, allegedly wrongly used the photographs of another pastor, Taiwo Adewami, as the cleric of the Christ High Commission Mission that asked his congregation to contribute the N310,000 each for the journey to heaven.
Adewami said that his picture was wrongly used in the broadcast and it has caused him great harm. He added that he has contacted his lawyer Mr Akin Akintoye SAN to write a letter to Arise Television to demand an apology for the wrong use of his picture in the broadcast and also pay compesation.
According to the letter dated April 30, 2022, Adewami is asking the Television station to apologize to him within 72 hours of the receipt of the letter.
He also demanded that the apology should be given same prominence as the broadcast as well as payment of USD2 million as damages before 14 days.
Akintoye said, “Dr Taiwo Adewami is a business man and a Pastor based in the United States of America,” adding that, “the broadcast has disparaged his person and business as well as his Church; Christ Royal Assembly for All Nations International.
“The broadcast of the video, which is trending on the social media by Arise Television in the last four days, has affected the person of Dr Taiwo Adewami who has been so traumatised by calls from family, friends, business partners all over the world who have been making inquiries on why he had to ask for donations from members of his Church.
“Our client has been receiving calls and letters from various places all over the world and it’s disturbing him a lot. His business and work are being threatened. The name of his ministry: ‘Christ Royal Assembly for all Nation International, has also been defamed by the trending video”, he said.
Akintoye asked the management of Arise Television to pull down and remove the trending video from its mast within 72 hours and make a public apology to him within 14 days while the station should pay the sum of USD2 million Adewami adding that, “failure of your station to meet the demands will make us to take legal action against your station.”