RCCG City of David allegedly in N320 million debt as Pastor Kpandel takes over from Pastor ID Iluyomade

Pastor Charles Kpandei, who replaced a former Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s City of David parish in Lagos State, Idowu Iluyomade, resumed at the parish on Sunday.

According to Church Times, on resumption, Kpandei first introduced himself to the church and then preached on the subject of heaven.
Kpandei urged members to welcome one another to church during the second service of the City of David.
He said, “Are you really happy to be in church today? For those of you who are just coming for the second service, it is important to tell you that I am called Pastor Charles Kpandei.
You need that name because you are going to tell somebody that on behalf of Pastor Charles Kpandei, you are welcome to church today.”
Before going to the main message, he prayed that God would remember the City of David for good, quoting Nehemiah 13v14.
According to the report, the parish is being audited by a notable audit firm amid an alleged N320 million debt, following the suspension of Iluyomade on June 1, 2024.
Iluyomade was suspended for three months by the church’s Governing Council after a panel was constituted to investigate the allegations against him and the parish.
He was asked to resume at the church’s headquarters after the suspension.
The embattled pastor, fondly called PID, received a letter of his suspension two weeks ago and was immediately replaced by Kpandei of the church’s Resurrection Parish Region 11.
Iluyomade has been in the eyes of the storm following the elaborate 60th birthday of his wife, Siju, shortly after the death of the then Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, who was a prominent member of his church.
The pastor was suspended on two issues bordering on the audit of the church and the alleged resistance by the pastor to be transferred from the parish.
However, a source in the church told

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