Crisis Rocks Celestial Church In Lagos State Over Controversial ₦5M Donation

Crisis Rocks Celestial Church In Lagos State Over Controversial ₦5M Donation

Emergency Rocks Heavenly Church In Lagos State Over Dubious N5million Gift

The Heavenly Church of Christ, Demonstrations of Messenger Ward in Ketu, Alapere, Lagos State, has been dove into an administration emergency following a dubious N5million gift by the congregation authority.

Pressures bubbled over during last Sunday’s administration last week when Muyiwa Oluponna, who professes to be the child of the congregation’s organizer, upset the gathering trying to advocate for himself as the ward shepherd.

It was assembled that Oluponna held onto the mouthpiece from the acting shepherd, Adetayo Adetola, during his lesson.

He guaranteed an elite right to convey lessons on the second Sunday of each and every month, further pronouncing himself the legitimate head of the congregation.

A video of the occurrence, which immediately became a web sensation via online entertainment, showed Oluponna and a few church individuals secured in a warmed contention, with the help slipping into problem.

PUNCH reports that the Divine Church of Christ (CCC) ward has been briefly closed down for 40 days following an initiative emergency including a relative of the congregation’s organizer and the area’s power.

In the interim, the congregation team, drove by Akinbode Adjovi, upheld the conclusion to forestall further distress.

Adetola, a congregation part, asserted that Oluponna, a relative of the congregation organizer, upset a Sunday administration by guaranteeing responsibility for N5million gift implied for chapel remodels and the development of a pastorate house.

“That Sunday, our shepherd was nowhere to be found, and I was responsible for the assistance. Everything was going flawlessly until Oluponna grabbed the amplifier from me, requesting to speak,” Adetola said.

Adetola said he permitted Oluponna to stand up of regard for his status as a relative of the congregation pioneer.
Nonetheless, Oluponna pronounced that the assets had a place with his family and not the congregation, stating that the actual congregation was family property.

He likewise requested to be made the ward shepherd and to convey lessons consistently Sunday of the month.
“At the point when I continued the message, he upset the assistance once more, grabbing another mouthpiece and endeavoring to teach. By then, we opposed him,” Adetola added.

The area shepherd, Emmanuel Iperepolu, blamed Oluponna for rehashed dangers and angry conduct preceding the occurrence.

“Indeed, even before the issue of the gift, Oluponna had been coming to the congregation to undermine and manhandle me and others. Subsequent to finding out about the N5 million, he requested the cash for his family, demanding the congregation has a place with them,” Iperepolu said.

He noticed that the matter had been accounted for to CCC specialists and the police.

CCC Head of Media and Exposure, Kayode Ajala, affirmed the congregation’s transitory conclusion, refering to somewhere safe and secure worries and the need to keep everything under control.

“The congregation is a place of God, however when things heighten and resides are in danger, mediation becomes fundamental. We shut down the congregation to forestall brutality while examinations and compromise are progressing,” Ajala said.
Nonetheless, Oluponna declined to remark on whether the gift was at the foundation of the emergency, expressing that the matter was between his family and the congregation.