The Dunamis International Gospel Centre has denied inviting the Department of State Services to arrest some anti-Buhari protesters on Sunday, July 4.
Publisher Omoyele Sowore had accused the church’s senior pastor Paul Enenche of having the protesters arrested and handed over to the DSS.
However, the church said in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman Adah Ochowechi that the allegations were false.
“The narrative being peddled is that some youth wearing T-shirt branded with #BuhariMustGo merely came to church and walked up to the alter as first timers and were arrested by the church and handed over to DSS,” the statement read.
“Nothing can be further than the truth. The church holds three services every Sunday and the Senior Pastor, Dr Paul Enenche, preaches in all the services.
“After the sermon in the first service on that Sunday, an altar call was made to which many people came out, including the said youths, and nothing happened to them.”
The church said that after the service, the group swung into action and started a protest, blaring trumpet and saxophone right from the exit door of the church.
The statement pointed out that the protest was live-streamed with the background shot of the church building.
The church affirmed that it was “non-political and non-partisan and thus not an appropriate ground for political protests.”
It further said: “We wish to state categorically that Dunamis International Gospel Centre has no hand in the arrest and detention of the said youths as they were arrested outside the premises of the church.
“The church has no right to arrest and detain people and has no detention custody. The right of arrest and detention resides with government security agencies.”
