FLAMBOYANT NIGERIAN BISHOP OYEDEPO FACES N2 BILLION LAWSUIT FOR ASSAULTING FEMALE CHURCH MEMBER

"If a wrong is done to the young lady, she is bound to receive justice for that wrong," said Mr. Igbinedion, a Solicitor at Salus Populi Chambers.

In the suit, Mr. Igbinedion said that the young lady, while answering an "illegal" alter call, was trying to explain herself when the pastor gave her "a dirty and thunderous slap."

"The respondent (Mr. Oyedepo) made the alter call for witches to come out, he did not make a similar call for other categories of sinners like illicit drug dealers, contract inflators, fraudsters, adulterers, and fornicators in the church," read the suit.

Mr. Igbinedion, who represented the victims of the celebrated Pastor Emeka Ezeugo (popularly known as Reverend King) at the Magistrate court, in 2006; stated that cases of violence in the place of worship if not nipped in the bud could escalate into 'uncountable' dimensions.

Furthermore, he said the calling out of the young lady (and others) as witches are illegal, unconstitutional, and a breach of Section 34 of the Constitution of Nigeria, African Charter on Human and People's Right, and United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Right.

The suit asked the court to compel Mr. Oyedepo to issue a self-signed public apology to be published in two national dailies and one international satellite television station.

It also wants the respondent to issue a similar alter call for drug dealers, corrupt government officials, bribe-giving contractors, and other category of sinners who are members of the church.

In December last year, a video of Mr. Oyedepo viciously slapping a teenage girl during church service for saying she is "a witch for Jesus" appeared on popular site You Tube.

Though later removed, the video went viral within days with the pastor, fondly called Papa, receiving a lot of stick from outraged viewers and members of the public.

One viewer described the act as "unbiblical, barbaric, and a disgrace."

Days later, another video surfaced in which Mr. Oyedepo tried to justify his action saying "it is my ministry to slap" and that the fact that the witch, rather than going to court, apologized showed his superiority.

"People now complain on the Internet that I slapped a witch. If I see another one, I'll slap," he said in the video.

ADEWALE AYUBA SIGHTED AT CANAANLAND

It was indeed a surprise to many when ace Fuji artiste, Adewale Ayuba was sighted at the recently-concluded annual gathering of Winners worldwide at Canaanland. It was even seated very close to the altar.

Caught praying like never before, he revealed that "It is not unusual for him to attend the spiritual gathering because there is nothing anybody can achieve without God."

Being a Muslim, not withstanding, Ayuba said that, "God is God, no matter what anybody could say. I remain on the Lord's side. Just wait and see."

Bubbling with life and high spirit at the gathering, Ayuba took every prayer point with seriousness

BISHOP OYEDEPO LOSSES MOTHER

The General Overseer of Living Faith Worldwide, a.k.a. Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, is bereaved.

The highly respected man of God recently lost his aged mother.

The incident transpired on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at her Omu-Aran, Kwara State home town.

Specific details of the manner of occurrence is said to be sketchy at press time.

Bishop Oyedepo is said to be putting burial arrangements in place.

Mama Oyedepo died in her late eighties .She was an active worker in her son, David Oyedepo’s Winners Chapel which has its headquarter along Idiroko road, Ota, Ogun State.

R.I.P Mama.

HOW VETERAN ACTOR,PETER BUNOR GOT HEALING AFTER READING THE BOOK WRITTEN BY BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO

Veteran Nollywood actor,Peter Bunor,recently survived a devasting stroke that nearly cripple him. The Delta State born actor,whose young son is also into acting gloriously revealed how he recently recovered from the double tragedy of visual impairment and stroke in his church bulletin.

Bunor’s written testimony was published in Living Faith’s weekly,”Signs and Wonders Today”.In the bulletin,Bunor recounted his negative past,which he has abandoned because of the strange things he went through.

Early this year,I had suffered from stroke.Frankly speaking,I had been a member of this church since 1995.But I had not been so close to God.After reading the book written by Bishop David Oyedepo entitled,The Healing Balm,I got my healing instantly! During my affliction,I told God that if he healed me,I was going to serve Him for the rest of my life.

He did it! But June this year,the Holy Spirit bundled me to the Word of Faith Bible Institute(WOFBI). I completed the Basic Certificate Course(BCC) In June,The Leadership Diploma Course(LDC) in September.

Right now,God has now clarified my vision.This is my 30th year in the acting industry.I have been involved in training youths on how to act.After training them,I would use them to shoot carnal movies.But now,God has changed that vision.He told me to use my acting project to win souls for Christ,and that I should start shooting Christian movies! I praise the Lord.