Society Gists

…Says Group’s Claim Not far From the truth

A senior member of the Celestial Christian Church Worldwide, Prophet Emmanuel Soyemi has reacted to a recent report linking him with the Celestial Proclaimers, a group within the church which issued a statement last Monday calling on members of the church to rise against a manipulative Board of Trustees member of the church.

In an official statement signed and issued on Friday, Prophet Soyemi denied having any link with the said group as reported in a statement signed by SVMSE Kayode Ajala, Chairman, Committee on Publicity, the Press and Publications, BoT CCC, published in an online newspaper, Nigerian Concord, on the 4th of July, 2019.

Prophet Soyemi who however noted the group’s claim is not far from the truth, said it is despicable to direct tirades of verbal missiles and vituperations against him in the 30 paragraph statement.

Read the full text of his statement below;

“My attention was drawn to a 30 paragraph write up of the above subject being a press release by one SVMSE Kayode Ajala.

“I will draw my inspiration from the book of life, the HOLY BIBLE, as detailed in the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, in the 8th chapter, verse 1 to verse 15.

“To start with, how I was linked to an online publication by Celestial Proclaimers that necessitated the tirades of verbal missiles and vituperation’s against me needed to be stated in the open by the author of the press release and his pay master. However, haven drawn the battle line with all that were concocted as contained in the so called press release as related to my person, then, it has become necessary that the battle must continue unabated till the time there is the vanquished and the VICTOR in this matter.

“However, I will have to remind the author of maladies and his pay master of two of our Church hymns: Hymn 291- Oro Oluwa ko si yin, l’atoke Orun wa, etc. and Hymn 553- Onidajo aiye fere Dr,etc.

“It was claimed by the author of lies from the pit of hell that the Board of Trustees (BOT) has never been more united and rancour free. I think this only confirmed what the so called Celestial Proclaimers claim that the BOT is a one man squad of a tyrant. When last did they hold the BOT meeting? Having asked this question here now, their next line of action is to go and do a concocted minutes of meeting and back date it as that is their stock in trade and usual practice in subverting truths. How can a man be fighting against himself except such person is insane. He is the only voice there and no one else. When last were decisions jointly taken? All about the BOT is a ruse that is hidden from the generality of members. There is no Trustee as far as the Holy Spirit of God is concerned in Celestial Church of Christ yet, except the Pastor Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Abiodun [EMAF] Oshoffa and Superior Evangelist (Daddy) Samson Olatunde Banjo. Time will tell if the Spirit of God is a liar or not but I know the spirit of God does not lie. It will be sooner than later before the truth is revealed says the Spirit of the Most High God. The Secretary of the BOT as presently constituted is a good natured servant of God. He may continue to be relevant as part of future members of BOT. He works for God in this Church not to boost his ego, so he deserves every position that God has given him in the Church not those who were buying their ways with fetish money. That man as BOT Secretary should therefore be respected.

“I read of the tyrant boasting of how the Imeko Cathedral (Basilica) was completed haven been stagnant for decades. The first question I will ask is “who were the people there for those decades? If the truth is hidden from you by your master, the truth is, he was part of the wastage. He was the 1sT vice chairman. I was not the 1st vice chairman as claimed by your master but the 2nd vice chairman. I joined in the year 2004 through a letter signed by the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Church. He was a signatory to the account of the committee, whereas, I was not. His wife (name withheld) whom he abandoned because of his usual “USE AND DUMP” nature was the Treasurer. I never collected one kobo or recommended anyone for any amount of money contract, even one kobo. I contributed over N9, 000,000 during my stay in the committee before it was dissolved in 2016 or 2017. Your master can never claim he donated up to N4, 000,000 to the Committee’s Account. If he did, let’s all come out in the open and show members our evidences. I joined in 2004, however, the first cheque that I gave to the Committee as my own contribution to the work of God as directed by our ever living father, Saint SBJ Oshoffa was a First Bank cheque of N2, 000,000 in 2003. Who is now fooling who in this matter?

“The author of the said press statement was suffering from toxic myopia which his master should have helped by telling him truths not this ostrich self-deceit.

“On the compilation of names for the present members of the Pastor-In-Council (PIC), this is what I have to say : The Pastor and Spiritual Head, Celestial Church of Christ, a man whom God himself came down from His Throne above to the Church to choose for us, Rev. Emmanuel Mobiyina Abiodun [EMAF] Oshoffa, whom the Church may not find his type for a very long time, did require of me, names of members of the 70th Anniversary Committee who worked whole heartedly for the Church during the Anniversary. He asked me this before he travelled overseas in 2018. He promised that when he is back to the country, that the names together with other names submitted by others would be scrutinized by all of us and then recommend the successful names as members of the new PIC. The Pastor is alive, he never tell lies, people are free including the author of absurdities referred to above to cross check the facts. These were the names of the (13) that I took to the Pastor which he happily took and put it in his pocket. His Personal Assistant, Snr Evangelist Solomon Oshoffa wanted to collect the list from the Pastor, however, the Pastor declined, folded the list and put it in his left Sutana pocket.

“There are witnesses present on the day. However, when the list was given to the absolute despot, he rejected them picking only three. Did I submit the list of names of my family members or my parish members, even just one name? Three days after, at the 2018 harvest of International Headquarters, Ketu after some people reconciled us because I walked out of the inauguration at Agidingbi without being inaugurated. Why? How can I stand to be sworn in as a member while those the Pastor said I should invite were facing shame of like, “who asked you to come here”? He took offence to that and started spreading rumours that I was cursing him and even saying I was now fighting the Pastor and this was his usual strategy to put a wall between anyone and the Pastor in other to expand his despotic manipulation of influence on everyone and everything in the Church. It was at the Harvest that he asked me, “Why can’t you respect the Authority. He said “I am the Authority, why do u need to go to the Pastor without consulting me”? I said within myself this church is in trouble.

“Ask him, who and who sat together to look at those names? The answer is “himself and himself alone”. I ask, where is the effectiveness of our Pastor’s order now in all of these?

“I read with shame how people that are prepared as fuel to escalate the rapidity of the furnace of hell said, and I quote, “……a so called Senior Prophet of the Church who is desperate and inordinately ambitious to build his own private empire within the Celestial Church of Christ……”. This is laughable. What empire? Is it empire for hell like your pay master is building or heaven? Anyway, no empire like your master is building attracts my fancy because they have no place with God in Heaven but meant for HELL. By their fruits yee shall know them. What have you noticed in my lifestyle that I am attracted to this your type of empire? Read and understand my letter to the Pastor withdrawing my participation from the Makoko Project, then you will see clearly that I don’t fancy the type of mundane empire cherished by your dog owner master.

“I am not the treasurer of the CCC WORLDWIDE Account, who does what pleases him with the fund therein and even pleasing his uncountable concubines and favourites with it. SHAME. It is only your master that knows everything in the Account, no one else not even the Pastor except maybe the clerks he employed working in his personal office. All Church Accounts and documents are stored in a shelf in his office, he claims whenever showing his pride.

“I was labelled a JUDAS. Well maybe not Judas Iscariot because there is the other Judas who was not notorious. However, at that, I am neither any of the JUDASES nor a saint. I am just who I am, myself.

“Mr hunting dog, what will be the name of your owner and master if I am a Judas in this Church? Certainly he is LUCIFER the accuser of Brethren. The real Judas would be revealed as the battle progresses and its flames gradually escalates to a point it will consume everything and everyone on its way.

“Tell me who knows your master in 2000-200l even up to 2002. Where was he while we were daring Jesse and his battle of over ambition like the one your master is doing now? You know what God told me at this point of my writing, “A MAD MAN DOES NOT REALISE HIS MADNESS, IT IS OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SANE THAT WILL POINT TO HIM AS A MAD MAN”. That is exactly the situation with your boss. Where was he then, while the Trustees’ parishes are less than 50? Every month, I took it up as a responsibility to write First Bank cheques to take care of Administration staff, office needs and pay some clergies who were not that buoyant. I did not ask for any position despite all that we collectively did at the risk of our lives. Go and investigate and confirm. Where then comes the lazy theory of your cartel of me building private empire? What empire are these zealots talking about? I will surely refer you to Proverbs 30:7-9. Also 1 Timothy 6:6-12. These Bible passages are more than enough for your stupid concoction of lies and falsehood.

“Again the shenanigans of Rottweiler dog is at play for his master and I quote, “……Again, to suggest that the appointment and posting of shepherds is faulty is to speak against the actions of the Pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, Rev E.M.F Oshoffa.

“I think you should tell your pay master that this method of where every statement that offends him is majorly seen as a statement against the Pastor is archaic, outdated and an idiosyncratic cliché.

“He used the same thing on his colleagues in the BOT, now it is the turn of Prophet Soyemi.

“However, let it be said here, he never love the Pastor, he only loves the money in his care to be able to exert carnal authority over a spiritual Church in every carnalistic manner. Where was your master in 2002 when in December our good father and pastor of the church was installed. What impact did he have both financially and spiritually before the advent of the Pastor? ITS NOTHING. Ask those struggling for his attention now to let him know the truth when he was just a toddler in the age of this Church history.

“Tell him those he fought with the strategy of “one against him is against the Pastor” which he suppressed were on the same page of over ambition with him. However, with me who has nothing to struggle with anyone for, he will be consumed, for “DARKNESS WILL NEVER OVERCOME LIGHT” that is sure as Celestial Church of Christ cleansing the world and as well being established as the last boat of Salvation. He just wanted to distance everyone he assumes either wrongly or rightly as his competitor away from the Pastor.

“The author of the said press statement mentioned in paragraph 27 of his epistle of lies that my grouse was that the 70th Anniversary Committee was dissolved by the Pastor. It was a fact that the Pastor initially dissolved the Committee through these same people instigation. However, when words got to the Pastor that the Committee had on-going Project of the renovation of the National Headquarter Makoko Mercyland, the Pastor extended the Committee’s tenure till the completion of the Project.

“However, this did not go well again with your pay master and he assembled his gang of usurpers to prevail on the Pastor to change the name. What crime has the Pastor committed to ask a Committee that he himself inaugurated to complete an on-going Project? I have explained myself enough in the letter I wrote to the pastor withdrawing my continued participation in the Project.

“The Mercy land Project at Makoko, I have started spending my personal fund to see to the completion of the Project. I did not ask for o e kobo from the Church purse or show proof if this is not the case. The 70th Anniversary celebration of the church, I did not receive one single kobo from the Church purse to execute all that were done during the period. Whereas, your pay master wanted to be seeing chairing this and chairing that committee and be seen as the Emperor and the alpha and omega of the church where everyone will be subservient to him even though he is not the Pastor of the Church.

“Did he not head the burial committees of a departed mama in the Church in May 2019? He used N3, 000,000 taken from the purse of the Church as part of the money spent for the burial. The mama provided more than enough money for her burial and instructed that no one should be troubled by being asked to donate anything. Your Oga in crime went ahead to take N3m from the Church purse because he is God and Lord of Celestial Church fund. Other members like me contributed as well in our personal capacities.

“But wait, how much was taken from the Church purse for Baba Falola’s burial? Let the world know this fact because he is a Shepherd of this Church that had worked for the Church all his life. The woman you decided to spend Church money on her burial was not a Shepherd. What an Irony, A VANITY INDEED.

“The real pig is now calling the white ram dirty? What an abomination. I expect the Rottweiler dog to bark like mad after this piece in order to protect his master’s profane lifestyle,” he added.