Fayose alleges plan to arrest Pastors Oyedepo, Suleiman



By Kabir Abiodun


The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the Federal Government is making plans to arrest two prominent religious leaders, Bishop David Oyedepo and Johnson Suleiman.

The governor in a dramatic move also called for the release of the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN) Ibrahim El Zak Zaky, who has been in detention since 2015.

He said plans to arrest the two will “plunge Nigeria into religious crisis.” The governor issued the statement on Sunday. He cautioned the DSS over alleged plans to detain the two.A copy of the statement was made available to Irohinoodua. But a Presidency source which sought anonimity told Irohinoodua that Mr Fayose is "seeking undue attention considering his tottering image and collapsing political fortunes in Ekiti State"

Apostle Johnson Suleiman leads The Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, while Oyedepo is the General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide International (Winners' Chapel International). He described government’s move as an indirect invitation to religious crisis in the country.



Fayose said "There is plan to charge Apostle Suleiman and Bishop Oyedepo for incitement and attempt to cause public disorder on Friday, and make sure that they are not granted so to get them remanded in Kuje Prison perpetually."



He said this plan was to humiliate these men of God as well as silence them and create fear in other people that may want to speak against the heinous crime against humanity being committed daily while perpetrators are being shielded by the federal government. The Presidency source told Irohinoodua that there was no such plan to arrest the two Church leaders. The source said through his utterances, it was Mr Fayose who wanted to plunge the country into chaos.





The governor said; "Even though the DSS has allowed commonsense to prevail by properly inviting Apostle Suleiman as against the gestapo manner with which the service attempted to abduct him last week Wednesday, it is still questionable that the DSS is more interested in a man who threatened to defend himself against any attack by Fulani herdsmen rather than those herdsmen that murdered thousands of Nigerians.



The governor said; "it is sad and worrisome that after muzzling opposition politicians, judiciary and the press, the APC led federal government has taking its desperation to suppress dissenting voices in the country to the House of God."



Governor Fayose maintained that; “If the DSS had acted swiftly like it is doing on Apostle Suleiman so-called inciting comments when people were being killed by herdsmen across the country, so many lives would have been saved.”



He advised the government and the DSS not to go ahead with these plans as it will heat up the polity and threaten the peaceful coexistence of Nigerians, calling on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the federal government to desist from acts capable of throwing the country into further crisis.



Governor Fayose, who reiterated his call for the release of the head of Nigeria's Islamic Movement (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since late 2015 despite that the court ruled that he should be released, affirmed that "he will continue to stand for Nigeria and its people, not for any religion and it is my position that rights of all Nigerians must be respected and protected.”



The governor urged the APC led federal government to pay attention to the economy it destroyed, with the aim to revamping it and saving Nigerians from the hunger ravaging the land.



"Nigeria is already being ravaged by war of hunger, economic recession, job loss and lack of leadership direction. It will be disastrous for the country to be plunged into religious crisis.

that would be so funny to see

Instead of FAYOSE to focus on workers salary and how to develop ekiti state, here he is turning himself as spokesman for CAN and DSS