Bloody Fight In C&S Church
The General Overseer, Prophet Obas Kayode of Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church has
narrowly escaped death following a bloody clash over the control of a wing
of the church and bitter leadership tussle over alleged financial
impropriety.
Church loyalists to the sons of the founding General Overseer of the
church, Prophet Oni Jolugba on May 19, 2014 were allegedly said to have
razed down the pastor’s multi-million naira 50 room hotel,
pharmaceutical company in Isanlu, Kogi State, 10 vehicles belonging to
guests, three cars in the pastor’s residence and locking up his wife.
Trouble started last year when the disagreement occurred between the Pastor
and the two biological children of the founding GO Jolugba; Tope and
Michael allegedly over the plans to sell the headquarters of the church to
another denomination which led to the intervention of the traditional
ruler of the town and some leaders of the community who advised Jolugba’s
successor to leave the church property for the founder’s children and find
another place of worship.
As a result, Obas and some members of the church were said to have
relocated to another building as their new worship centre. Tope and Michael
were however alleged to have gone there on February 16 this year to set the
house ablaze.
Findings reveal that the church was founded by late Prophet Oni Jolugba, an
itinerant tailor who received the call of God in Ikare Akoko, Ondo State in
the early 70s. With time, the church grew in leaps and bounds as Jolugba
acclaimed to be a miracle working prophet became renowned with the calibre
of worshippers and patronage such that the founder, a stark illiterate soon
became an international guest in the UK and US where he has branches.
Due to the swift expansion, it was gathered, the founder had to
relocate the headquarters of the church to his country home, Isanlu,
headquarters of Yagba East local government area of Kogi State for easy
administration.
It was further learnt that Obas Kayode, an orphan from Mopa, a neigbouring
town, was adopted as a foster son and brought up by Jolugba.
Obas now in his 40s was said to be so submissive to the founder, that he (
Jolugba) trained him through school and he graduated as a pharmacist from
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 1997.
It was also learnt that after his internship and youth service, Obas
settled down in Isanlu and started to operate a pharmacy shop which later
became the largest drug store in the entire local government area.
He was also said to have added hospitality business into his area of
interest by building a-50-bedroom hotel in the town.
Few years to his death, Jolugba, the founder of the church was said to
have declared in one of their national conventions that Obas was his next
successor and even went ahead to anoint and consecrate him as such in the
presence of trustee members and the council of elders of the church. He was
said to have passed on in July 2011 after which Obas became the substantive
GO.
The pastor, Kayode Obas speaking on the attack said: “Their target was to
sell the church headquarter to another denomination, we are not quarreling
with them over Baba’s personal property, but the headquarters was
collectively built by us. We even left the building for them as advised by
elders, but they came to where we hired and burnt it down again, I have lost
over N750 million including cars, buildings and other property.
“Some people in the town are inciting them against me, because they say I
am not a native of the town and have amassed so much wealth, so they
are hiding under this crisis to ruin and even kill me. The children 13 to
their dad, but I showed them all the docusaid all the property I laboured
for belonged ments of my business registration, no where was the name of
Jolugba seen as business partner or the owner of the business.
“They said because I used Jolu- Kayo as my business name, the company is
jointly owned by me and their father whereas I used that acronym to
honour their dad who is also my foster dad. The member representing Yagba
East constituency, Henry Ojuola was one of them, he even came to our church
to incite members against us and he was the one who went to bail those
arrested over the crisis, he is also boasting that no body will be
prosecuted over the case.
When contacted on the crisis, the deputy general leader of the church who
is based in Omuo Ekiti, Suprintendent A. A Adeyemo said “ these boys don’t
understand anything about Jah Zion Church, when we were contributing money
to build the church, the children were no where to be found, they were even
attending a different church with their mum.”
Also speaking on the issue, Special Apostle Oluyori who is in charge of
the church in Akure, Ondo State said “we have talked to these children they
are adamant, children don’t inherit their father’s church, I am a co-
founder of the church but since Baba handed over the church to Obas Kayode,
we must follow him.”
The leader of the church in Kabba, Apostle Peter Jimoh in his own reaction
said, “these children want to destroy the good name of their father. We are
not interested in their father’s personal property, but the church belongs
to us, and Jolugba. Before he died, he handed over the leadership of the
church to Obas Kayode, and wherever he is going, that’s where we will
go.”
Meanwhile Hon. Henry Ojuola has however denied the allegations saying: How
can I incite people to burn his property? I truly went to their church to
preach peace to them and not to incite anybody against him. While reacting
to bailing the suspects he said: “Yes I took their bail at the police
station, because they are members of my constituency, even those recently
arrested for the burning, I will go and give them N10, 000 for feeding.
Until the law court pronounces them guilty, I can not do so, it is only
natural that as their representative, any time anybody runs into trouble,
they will call me, that is all”.
Efforts to get the reaction of Michael and Tope Jolugba as well as their
mum proved abortive.
Source: Daily Sun Newspaper
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