‘I have never rap*d anyone’ — Fatoyinbo breaks silence – TheNigerialawyer

Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly
(COZA), says he has never raped anyone in his life.

Reacting to the allegation levelled against him by Busola, wife
of Timi Dakolo, a Nigerian singer, the pastor said he is
innocent.

He spoke in a statement shared via his Instagram page.

“Busola Dakolo, who has made this false allegation and her
family attended the church during the early start of the church in
Ilorin in 1999. I never had any private interactions with her
beyond my pastoral duties,” he said.

“Looking at her status and that of her husband, I am dumbfounded
why she would say such a thing. As expected under the ethics of
journalism, it would have been expected that I should have been
confronted with these false allegations prior to any publication,
instead of resorting to social media with the intent to ruin my
reputation and bring down the church.

“We will also not stand for false criminal allegations made
against me or the church. The leadership of the Church and I have
briefed our lawyers to commence criminal and civil actions against
all individuals making such false allegations whether directly or
by proxies.

“We will as a church pursue every measure within the ambit of
the law to bring the culprits to justice. We have heard, and we
will not be surprised to see more of such allegations by people who
have been paid to continue in this line of blackmail, harassment
and extortion including those who may have been dismissed from
their duties in the church on disciplinary grounds.

“To all our members and those supporting God’s work, I want to
assure you that we would fight this and the Lord will vindicate us.
This has always been intended to attack the church, this is the
intent of the adversary, the intent is to destroy the church, so
please stay focused and prayerful. God Bless you. I celebrate
you.”

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