…Rallies CAN,
Christians to defend ‘truth’
Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Wednesday, described the adultery allegation
against Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Power Ministry by one
Miss
Stephanie Otobo as “high level conspiracy meant to destroy the integrity of the
pastor and silence his critical and principled voice of truth and dissent in a
nation fast becoming a one-party state.”
In a statement
issued in Ado-Ekiti by Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor declared his support for Apostle
Suleiman, saying: ” I stand by Apostle Suleiman and other men of God being
directly or indirectly persecuted by the All Progressives Congress (APC)
cabal.”
The governor
said; “This was the same way they tried to drag the General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christians Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye in the
mud. The whole world was aghast at how they insulted and ridiculed the
highly-revered RCCG General Overseer. But for the outcry from all over the
world, they almost bundled out Pastor Adeboye from his position as RCCG General
Overseer and could have even arrested the General Overseer of Winners Chapel,
David Oyedepo.”
He further
said; “their evil plan is to destroy the Church so as to silence every
perceivable strong voice of opposition. And their mode of operation is to take
on every vocal, principled, and popular man of God one after the other.
“Should it not
interest Nigerians and the international community that up till today, none of
those herdsmen that killed thousands of Nigerians in Benue, Enugu, Delta, Ogun,
Plateau and Kaduna states have been arrested? Even those arrested in connection
with the murder n Abuja-based female pastor, Eunice Elisha have been released.”
Governor
Fayose wondered why all the adultery allegations and blackmail against Apostle
Suleiman surfaced only after he spoke out against the reckless and
indiscriminate killing of Christians in Southern Kaduna and his subsequent
encounter with the Department of State Services (DSS).
“This, no
doubt, is a continuation of the desperate but despicable and condemnable
attempts to destroy opposition and the voices of reason in this country so as
to subjugate every decent Nigerian and turn the country into a banana republic.
“After
politically subjugating many Nigerians, including a section of the Judiciary
that refused to do their bidding; they have now turned on men of God, this is
condemnable,” the governor said.
Governor
Fayose charged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and other Christian
bodies not to stay aloof but to stand up resolutely and speak out vociferously
against what he called “orchestrated attempt to destroy the Church and respected
Church leaders in Nigeria.”
He berated
those behind the travails of Apostle Suleiman as confirmed polygamists, serial
adulterers, and others whose holier-than-thou attitude was sheer hypocrisy.
“Anyone who
has a case against any man of God should swear an oath, proceed to the law
court and face the rigours, rather than engage in media trial and character
assassination, which have become the hallmark of this administration.”
Governor
Fayose wondered why the perpetrators of the wicked scheme against Apostle
Suleiman were not relenting even after the father of the woman making the wild
allegations had punctured her loathsome and outrageous claims.
“The family of
Stephanie Otobo has disclaimed her and her claims. Rather than own up and
recant, those paying for the entire drama are making her to keep changing and
modifying her claims, with they all still collapsed like a pack of cards. All
other efforts to enlist other blackmailers against this man of God have
likewise collapsed irretrievably.
“I therefore
make bold to say that I stand by Apostle Suleiman. I also call on all those who
believe in me to do likewise and carry the message abroad. To me, this plot
against Apostle Suleiman is madness carried too far.
“One wonders
why this same resources and vigour with which Apostle Suleiman is being
blackmailed have not been deployed into confronting those murderous herdsmen
that are slaughtering Nigerians like animals across the country,” Fayose
concluded.
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