Fatoyinbo has been embroiled in controversy since June when Busola Dakolo, wife of musician Timi Dakolo, accused him of r*ping her as a minor about 20 years ago.
“You always find in the scripture, the purposes of God are redemptive. Before God comes with judgment in any case, you will see that he would have tried to get through to the person. It is when His love has been rebuffed and rebuffed again that He comes with judgment. That is God’s procedure. God does not rule by force, he rules by love.
“People have spoken. People spoke in 2013, but you can only help somebody who wants to be helped. If somebody doesn’t want to be helped, even God will not be able to help him.”
A former COZA member, Ese Walter, had in August 2013 alleged that Fatoyinbo had a sexual relationship with her while she worked in the church.
Oset, speaking during an interview, said when the news broke, he tried repeatedly to reach Fatoyinbo but when he made himself unreachable, he stopped being his spiritual father.
He said, “When in August 2013, news broke out online concerning him and his ministry, as somebody he was close to as an elder, I thought it was my responsibility to get across to him.
“I was preparing to go to the United States and after some efforts — because it wasn’t easy to get through to him — his pastor in Ilorin here, I told him, ‘Get through to your boss and I want to share a thing or two with him.’
“Eventually he succeeded and he called me from Abuja. And I told him, ‘This news is all over the place and I want to hear from you and I want to also give you some counsel if need be.’ And he said he would get in touch.
“I said, ‘Okay, I’m on my way to the US. While I’m there, if I want to get through to you, how do I do it?’ I thought he would just say, ‘Sir, you can get through to me using my email.’ He said his fear that time was that he was being bugged.”
Oset said when he returned from the US, he still tried to reach Fatoyinbo. He said, “I am not saying this to impress anybody; I wasn’t part of those already making comments on the issue. I just wanted to see how I could be useful in terms of helping him, but he didn’t show up.Pastor Oset said, “Our Lord Jesus Christ knew that Judas had become a thief but it wasn’t Jesus who said so, it was John who said so; not because Jesus was weak, but because Jesus was hoping that this man would change.
“You always find in the scripture, the purposes of God are redemptive. Before God comes with judgment in any case, you will see that he would have tried to get through to the person. It is when His love has been rebuffed and rebuffed again that He comes with judgment. That is God’s procedure. God does not rule by force, he rules by love.
“People have spoken. People spoke in 2013, but you can only help somebody who wants to be helped. If somebody doesn’t want to be helped, even God will not be able to help him.”
A former COZA member, Ese Walter, had in August 2013 alleged that Fatoyinbo had a sexual relationship with her while she worked in the church.
Oset, speaking during an interview, said when the news broke, he tried repeatedly to reach Fatoyinbo but when he made himself unreachable, he stopped being his spiritual father.
He said, “When in August 2013, news broke out online concerning him and his ministry, as somebody he was close to as an elder, I thought it was my responsibility to get across to him.
“I was preparing to go to the United States and after some efforts — because it wasn’t easy to get through to him — his pastor in Ilorin here, I told him, ‘Get through to your boss and I want to share a thing or two with him.’
“Eventually he succeeded and he called me from Abuja. And I told him, ‘This news is all over the place and I want to hear from you and I want to also give you some counsel if need be.’ And he said he would get in touch.
“I said, ‘Okay, I’m on my way to the US. While I’m there, if I want to get through to you, how do I do it?’ I thought he would just say, ‘Sir, you can get through to me using my email.’ He said his fear that time was that he was being bugged.”
“I waited from August 2013 to April 2014. When he didn’t show up, and he was coming to town, having meetings, I was seeing his billboards in town; my wife and I said to ourselves we’ve done our bit.
“It was then I wrote him a letter and I said, ‘Consider that we no longer have anything to do with you and your ministry.’ I didn’t post it; it was hand-delivered by his own pastor.”
Pastor Oset said he knew Pastor Fatoyinbo got his letter but had yet to reply years after. According to him, the letter ended their relationship.
“It was then I wrote him a letter and I said, ‘Consider that we no longer have anything to do with you and your ministry.’ I didn’t post it; it was hand-delivered by his own pastor.”
Pastor Oset said he knew Pastor Fatoyinbo got his letter but had yet to reply years after. According to him, the letter ended their relationship.
