Pastors are highly regarded by the Christian congregation in Nigeria as exemplar people that should be imitated.
Instead of providing spiritual leadership and counsel to their members, a lot of them have to battle to explicit their names over issues that bring dishonor, something they should ordinarily be seclude from.
Our readers will get to know some of the Pastors in Nigeria with the biggest scandals which have affected their churches in modern history in this article.
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1: Apostle Johnson Suleman
He was accused of having an intimate relationship with a lady called Otobo, claiming he impregnated her and later dumped her. She alleged that they both spent time alone in a hotel where they had intercourse among others practices.
Apostle Suleman has denied the allegations which he said were false. According to him, he has never met with the lady before even though they had discussed about her plight in 2016
2: Pastor Chukwuma Nkwocha
Nkwocha, the General Overseer of Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry, was arrested in 2016 for allegedly camping and defiling about 30 under-aged girls. The Lagos state command sprung into action after receiving a report that the pastor with a church situated on Jacob Taiwo Street Oshodi was harbouring some young girls and freely having unlawful canal knowledge of them.
3: Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo
In the month of June, 2019, Pastor Fatoyinbo was accused by Busola Dakolo, the wife of ace singer, Timi Dakolo of raping her two twice while she was barely 16 years old. Pastor Fatoyinbo denied without any concrete explanation and the case is in court. Several other women including one that is married also confided in journalists that the flamboyant cleric nicknamed the ‘Gucci pastor’ forcefully anointed her with his third leg while she was pregnant.
4: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Sometime in 2014, it came as surprise when report surfaced that the founder of Believers Love World Ministry aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris and his wife, Anita Oyakhilome, were getting porced. Anita who filed for porce was said to have cited irreconcilable differences bordering on alleged adultery and unreasonable behaviour. Pastor Oyakhilome denied allegations of adultery and believes his wife was being influenced by bad friends who were intent on destroying their home.
5: Bishop Francis Wale Oke
Christian author and evangelist, Bishop Francis Wale Oke was rocked by a scathing sex scandal which he confessed to in the 90s. The founder and presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, also known as Christ Life Church admitted to sleeping with his secretary. Rumours have it that he impregnated her and she did many abortions for him. Wale Oke was bold enough to make confessions about his sins before his congregation and that action caused a historic setback in his ministry.
6: Dr Sign Fireman
In 2014, reports surfaced that the church’s General Overseer of Perfect Christianity Mission, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, Ofuche Ukoha aka Dr. Sign Fireman, was involved in an alleged Sexual assault and killing of a 12-year-old girl in Badagry. The ugly incident made him popular and almost tarnished his ministry.
7: Pastor Joshua Iginla
The senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Joshua Iginla startled his congregation in 2019 when he confessed to having an affair outside his marriage. Iginla talked about how he and his wife were headed for divorce and have spent the past few years as a united front while fighting adultery-related battles.He also told the congregation that his wife cheated on him and failed to turn a new leaf, a burden he has borne for the last seven years. He also admitted while still married, he and his wife had babies out of wedlock.
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List of Nigeria’s top 7 pastors
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