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Lagos State First Lady Dismisses Cleric Over "Act Of Disrespect" by rowbee(m): 8:59pm On May 26, 2017 |
There is a bit of resentment circulating around the members of the
Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa Lagos State, after the Presiding
Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo, was sacked by the Governing
Council allegedly on the order of the state Governor, Akinwunmi
Ambode.
The presiding Chaplain had been dismissed without any official
reason stated in the official document stated in the sack letter,
The Punch reports.
He was said to have been ordered out of his official quarters
where he lived with his wife and two children within 24 hours of
receiving the letter.
Despite pleadings from church leaders and other reputable elders in
the church, the government was said to have insisted that the
cleric must leave the church.
This prompted some church members to contribute money to buy gas
cooker and other household items for the family as they vacated
the vicarage.
According to the PUNCH, The Chaplain had angered the Governor’s
wife, Bolanle Ambode, who had visited the chapel on Sunday, May
14, when the church held an anointing service.The church is under
the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, while the Office of the
Lagos State First Lady supervises church.
The travails of the sacked chaplain started when he didn’t anoint
the First Lady of the state on time, causing her to storm out of
the church in anger.
The women leaders of the church, including the chaplain’s wife,
were said to have begged her but she shunned all entreaties and
left with her entourage.
The cleric got the sack the following day.
The directive was issued in a letter dated, May 15, 2017, and
signed by the Chairman, Governing Council of CCTL, Mr Olugbenga
Solomon. The letter also ordered the Assistant Chaplain, Very Rev.
Ayo Oyadotun, to take over with immediate effect.
An anonymous source, according to The PUNCH, confirmed the
incident saying that the reason Taiwo got the sack was not stated
in the letter, adding that the action was not unconnected from the
visit of the wife of the governor.
He said, “Let me be straight with you, in the letter there was no
reason for the sack. Whatever you are hearing are what members
of the church believed could have happened. And there was indeed
a protest by the church and the governing council assuaged them
on the sacking.
“There was nothing official in that sacking. No investigation, no
query, nothing. We had an anointing service on that Sunday. The
following day, the venerable was served the sack letter.”
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve
Ayorinde, said, “The former chaplain had been queried a number of
times in the past for conducts unbecoming of his office. The
culmination of various indiscretions led to the Governing Council of
the church issuing yet another query that led to his being relieved
of his post, The PUNCH reports.
“This has got nothing to do with the First Lady. The Chaplain is
looking for an excuse to cover his insouciance. It’s nothing but
cheap blackmail.” |
Re: Lagos State First Lady Dismisses Cleric Over "Act Of Disrespect" by olagbemi118(m): 9:02pm On May 26, 2017 |
OK...but I don't have anything to say |
Re: Lagos State First Lady Dismisses Cleric Over "Act Of Disrespect" by toocoded: 9:55pm On May 26, 2017 |
Source please |
Re: Lagos State First Lady Dismisses Cleric Over "Act Of Disrespect" by padi94(m): 9:57pm On May 26, 2017 |
This is plain wrong... You cant dismiss a man called by God... God is his employer Not Ambode's Wife 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State First Lady Dismisses Cleric Over "Act Of Disrespect" by Nobody: 10:00pm On May 26, 2017 |
Source? |
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