Justice Folayemi Omoleye of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, has denied claims that she assaulted Pastors and worshippers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Glory Tabernacle Parish, Ijapo-Estate, Akure.


In a statement by Justice Omoleye’s lawyer, Okedinachi Nelson, she accused the church of “campaign of calumny against her with attempt to bully her.”

Recall that the church had accused the judge of allegedly disrupting its mid-week service, “Divine Encounter” on Wednesday after she was said to have slapped a 68-year-old Assistant Pastor, Mrs Felicia Akindurojoye and another parish Pastor, Felix Solomon.

According to the statement, Justice Omoleye emphasized that, it was members of the church who assaulted her when she decided to take pictures of wares displayed for sale on her property.

She maintained that several steps had been taken towards cautioning the noise pollution usually caused by the church, adding that the church is illegally built on a canal right beside her residence

The statement read in part, “The church in question is illegally built on a canal right beside the residence of the Honourable Justice where she has been living since 1984 before the foundation of the church was laid. Ever since the emergence of the said Redeemed Church in Ijapo Estate, which is largely a residential estate, it has constituted unabated nuisance to the annoyance of the entire neighbourhood.

“The honourable Justice through her solicitors in a letter dated 22nd of May, 2019 and addressed to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, complained about the noise and environmental nuisance constituted by the church.

“The said letter unequivocally stated that such noise amounted to a breach of the honourable Justice’s right to quiet possession/ enjoyment of her property. The said judge, who is a widow of almost 30 years, has had continued engagements with the church (which is situated on an illegally acquired plot beside her property) in relation to the constant disturbance of peace both during the daytime and at nighttime every day of the week. Despite various attempts to mediate peace terms with the church, the church failed severally to keep its side of agreements made.

“The Justice’s lawyer informed the church of the court action initiated against them on the public disturbance issue, and hence the church Pastorate and Members have been jittery.

“In response to the her Lordship’s Solicitors letter, Pastor Dele Oyesola, Pastor-in-Charge of the RCCG, Ondo Province wrote a letter delivered on 6th of June, 2019 at the office of His Lordship’s Solicitors requested for date, time and venue for a meeting between the Church and the said Solicitors in respect of the acts of nuisance complained of. It is pertinent to note that in the letter written on behalf of the church, no reference was made to any of the allegations contained in the fake news being circulated by the church.

“On the day in question, the Honourable Justice intended to have a peaceful stay at home but the usual nuisance and uncontrolled noise from the church would not allow her. On the instruction of her lawyer and in furtherance of her intention to gather evidence to present to Pastor Dele Oyesola, Pastor-in-Charge of the RCCG, Ondo Province at the meeting he proposed, the Honourable Justice, decided to take pictures of wares displayed for sale along and on her property , suddenly, one of the church members attacked her from behind, punched her and broke her phone. It took the intervention of her orderly to prevent them from injuring her. The other members came out in their troops cursing her and threatening to attack her.



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This is why i can't remember the last time i went to church.

It's a home for all kinds of yama yama


Given by the number of demons in human forms I see on a daily going to churches, the saying wolfs in sheeps clothing is an understatement now cos even wolfs are far better than them.

The most heartless, uncompassionate, crooked, promiscuous, close-fisted, greediest of all beings are the ones you find in churches these days chanting and singing praises. So how would I still remember the last time I went to church When I don't know who they sing those praises to. Cos I'm dead sure it's not God they sing to. Could it be lucifer


Don't be deceived some people are far worst than Satan. Even God is afraid of them. The almighty lord flees Whenever that person comes in the church


Pukes

Some churches are very insensitive and annoying with exception of Catholics and orthodox churches, they would provoke the entire neigborhood with noise polution and double parking and should you demand them to tune down abit the hypocrites would use biblical story to stylishly attack you and call you a devil, and their sermon for the week would be about the enemies of the church of God on the rise

Thank God the judge has a Native name and not a muslim or northern name, if not CAN would have issued a divisive statement seeking public sympathy and forming victims

From the Picture above, the Judge was Outside the church compound , and merely extended her hands over the short fence and its railings, how then did Female pastor now get mualed down on the floor and acting like she has been paralyzed

yea churches are nuisance

we know, they can put tents anywhere and start making noise

i think its time that government should take environmental regulation as a prior responsibility

let churches stay away from residential areas

Following

The church should thread carefully... the woman has points to win in court.

Building plan*
Human rights*
Noise pollution*

Na wa

Okay

Churches and pastors these days all I can say is...hmmmm

Judges can lie

Why dis woman wey lie down be like person wey dey pose for camera

The church should be closed down for public disturbance

This one is lying like Onnoghen

My concern is not that she's even lying or her lies are foolish, my concern is that someone who is so mentally daft to tell such dumb lies is the one that judges matters.

As for the Church, at least, they would reduce the noise of their speakers after this.

All this money making organizations and thier clients , feel it's everyone's obligation to respect thier religious views ....
Now you built your enterprise in a residential area. and you can't limit your noise making , then you expect residents not to talk because in your petite minds , " you are worshipping God " , by being a nuisance to the environment you stay in , anybody who challenges them would be seen as evil or devilish ...
The church should be closed down and it's members prosecuted for assaulting the woman...
Foolish people everywhere !!!

She is obviously lying

Gratefulheart01:

But all the same, she allowed herself to be provoked and misbehaved, i really think she did all what was said against her, she's only trying to use her knowledge of law to manipulate the whole thing.
We know women like that in the society, trouble makers especially when such women have little authority, they don't respect their husbands or elderly people anymore and they look down on everyone.

A victim is trying to fight her aggressor over noise pollution and all you could do is blame women.
What a sexist coward!

two fighting

Gratefulheart01:
We all know churches and mosque should be regulated with the noises. It is becoming too much. Any sound in the church or mosque or event halls should only be for the audience, anything more than that is noise pollution.

But all the same, she allowed herself to be provoked and misbehaved, i really think she did all what was said against her, she's only trying to use her knowledge of law to manipulate the whole thing.
We know women like that in the society, trouble makers especially when such women have little authority, they don't respect their husbands or elderly people anymore and they look down on everyone.

Oga THINKER

I believe the judge.
Disrupting church activity and assault are two different cases but the
church is trying to blackmail her so they can continue disturbing the neighborhood.
How can a single person assault a pastor while the tens of ushers, hundred of worshippers
look on without intervening?

The only mistake the judge did was going to the church without a camera crew and leaving
room for set up and blackmail.

Xisnin:

What a sexist coward!

Another simpleton spotted early saturday morning. What's sexist with the fact that some women are trouble makers, like the one that matched a soldier for punishing her daughter in a command school the other time, or one that brought thug to beat up a school teacher sometimes ago.

Use your head, my post is balanced, i didn't justify the church. But slapping an old woman is not the way forward especially for a person who calls herself a judge. She should have handled them over to a police not assault them herself.

Use your common sense before replying sometimes. It's not compulsory to reply if you don't have sense to understand a post.