President
of the Living Faith Church, otherwise known as Winners Chapel, Bishop
David Olaniyi Oyedepo has debunked the statement making the round on the
blogsphere of him reportedly threatening to open the gates of hell to
anyone standing against President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term
ambition.
It was widely speculated that the preacher told his
congregation to pray for Jonathan to win the second term election during
the president’s visit to his church last Sunday.
Reacting to the
allegation through the media department of the church, Oyedepo denied
making such statement. He warned those spreading the rumour to be
careful not to incur the wrath of God upon their lives.
The statement reads in full:
Our
attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the President and
founder of the Living Faith Church worldwide, also Known as Winners’
Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, which has gone viral. He was reported to
have made the statement last Sunday when the President of the federal
republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan came to worship at
Faith Tabernacle, which is the headquarters of the ministry.
The
falsehood that is being spread around by mischief makers is that the
Bishop, while praying for the President, said, “I will open the gates of
hell to anyone who oppose you.” A little later, some others who in an
attempt to “defend” the Bishop, came up with another quote purportedly
said by Dr. Oyedepo, which is: “I will open the gates of hell to those
who oppose the peace of this nation.”
Reacting to the allegation
through the media department of the church, Oyedepo denied making such
statement. He warned those spreading the rumour to be careful not to
incur the wrath of God upon their lives.
The statement reads in full:
Our
attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the President and
founder of the Living Faith Church worldwide, also Known as Winners’
Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, which has gone viral. He was reported to
have made the statement last Sunday when the President of the federal
republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan came to worship at
Faith Tabernacle, which is the headquarters of the ministry.
The
falsehood that is being spread around by mischief makers is that the
Bishop, while praying for the President, said, “I will open the gates of
hell to anyone who oppose you.” A little later, some others who in an
attempt to “defend” the Bishop, came up with another quote purportedly
said by Dr. Oyedepo, which is: “I will open the gates of hell to those
who oppose the peace of this nation.”
7. This is not an attempt
to defend the church or Bishop Oyedepo, as we already know that no
matter how far a lie has travelled, the truth will definitely overtake
it.
8. This is also not an attempt to defend God, because the Almighty God is more than able to defend himself.
9.
As you read this, no one has even called to confirm from the ministry
the veracity of this claim and a video recording of the service which is
equally online has been labeled “doctored” by those who are bent on
dragging the name of the church into partisan politics.
10. For
the record, this is exactly what happened; whatever is being peddled was
obviously created by those who want to benefit politically from the
controversy; and promoted by bloggers who want to drive traffic to their
sites; and spread by those who already think they have an axe to grind
with their perceived lifestyle of Bishop Oyedepo.
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