The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has stood in the defense of its founder, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, in the face of rape allegations by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo.
The church, in a statement on Saturday by the executive senior assistant to Fatoyinbo, Ademola Adetuberu, accused some pastors of being behind the “satanic campaign of calumny” against its senior pastor in order to poach his members.
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Busola claims Fatoyinbo raped her while she was a teenager and member of his church.
“We would like to, again, for the record reiterate that our Senior Pastor, Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, has never had anything personal to do with her. Busola was not raped by Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo and she had never been in a relationship with him either,” COZA said.
It also said that Fatoyinbo has been a victim of ‘envious’ and ‘jealous’ preachers who had earlier accused him of snatching their members before the rape allegation.
COZA further said: “We stand with anyone who has been a victim of rape. We stand by our Founding and Senior Pastor, Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, who has been at the receiving end of organised blackmail and all sorts of attacks because of his innocence and we are sure that our faithful and unfailing God will vindicate him very soon.
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“We see this ugly development fuelled by envy and sheer jealousy as an unnecessary distraction and a fight from the pit of hell against the ministry that God gave Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, as well as a declaration of war against the Church of Christ to which COZA is a flourishing branch under God’s grace.”
Fatoyinbo has demanded N50 million as damages against Busola at the FCT High Court in Abuja.
