President, Living Faith Church Worldwide Inc., Bishop David Oyedepo recently introduced his church to Kenya, building a 20,000-seater auditorium that is now regarded as the biggest in the whole of East & Central Africa.
The church, situated in Nairobi, was launched in a lavish event, with the deputy president of Kenya, Hon. William Ruto and his wife gracing the event.
The God of Double Portion has yet done it again as Bishop Oyedepo’s first daughter, Love Oyedepo has married her lover, Stephen Ogah in grand Style at Covenant University Chapel, Canaanland, Ota.
Stephen Ogah is a Pastor at Winners Chapel and a personal assistant to the Bishop.
World’s richest pastor and self-styled Bishop, David Oyedepo, has made a glistening addition to his business empire by floating an airline called Dominion Air.
Oyedepo, who a few years ago ignited debate on flamboyant Christianity by acquiring his fourth private jet, is the owner of Dominion Publishing House, Covenant University, Landmark University, an elite secondary school called Faith Academy and Kingdom Heritage.
Sources within the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the agency charged with business registration in Nigeria, confirmed the registration of Dominion Air with David Oyedepo as its chairman. Another source within a Lagos-based insurance firm known to handle most of Oyedepo’s businesses said the airline project had been in the works for six years and was only made a reality this year.
The popular pastor and founder of the LivingFaith Christian Church Internationalalso known as Winners’Chapelis being sued for N2b for slapping a young girl last year during a church service.
Premium Times reports that the law suit is coming from a Lagos based lawyer RobertIgbinedionwho said he filed the suit on behalf of the young lady, at the Ogun State High Court ‘for the enforcement of the lady’s fundamental rights to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, human dignity, fair hearing, and freedom from discrimination.’
Igbinedion, who is a solicitor atSalus Populi Chambers, and represented the victims of the celebrated PastorEmeka Ezeugo(aka Reverend King) in 2006 is seeking an award of N2b as ‘general and exemplary damages’ against Oyedepo.’
‘If a wrong is done to the young lady, she is bound to receive justice for that wrong. The respondent ( Oyedepo) made the alter call for witches to come out, he did not make a similar call for other categories of sinners like illicit drug dealers, contract inflators, fraudsters, adulterers, and fornicators in the church‘, Igbinedion explained.
In the suit, Igbinedion said that the young lady, while answering an ‘illegal’ alter call, was trying to explain herself when the pastor gave her ‘a dirty and thunderous slap.’
In December 2011, a video of Oyedepo slapping a teenage girl during church service for saying she is ‘a witch for Jesus’ appeared on video sharing website YouTube and soon went viral accumulating over 69,000 views.
Days later, another video appeared on YouTube with Oyedepo saying, ‘People now complain on the Internet that I slapped a witch. If I see another one, I’ll slap.’