Hell was let loose at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles
Ministries, South-South Region 11, Town, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
yesterday, as aggrieved worshipers
grounded the Sunday service over alleged mismanagement of church funds
and unjustified sack of the pastor.
Ministries, South-South Region 11, Town, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
yesterday, as aggrieved worshipers
grounded the Sunday service over alleged mismanagement of church funds
and unjustified sack of the pastor.
The infuriated protesters, who carried placards with
different inscriptions, barricaded the entrance to the church premises with
cars, demanding the immediate reinstatement of the sacked Regional Overseer of
the church, Mr. Lanre Adekunle.
different inscriptions, barricaded the entrance to the church premises with
cars, demanding the immediate reinstatement of the sacked Regional Overseer of
the church, Mr. Lanre Adekunle.
The protest which caused panic in the church brought the
Sunday service to an abrupt halt.
Sunday service to an abrupt halt.
A source who related the development in the church to
newsmen, said that there had been several cases of mismanagement of funds in
the church, adding that the church has been unable to address the situation.
newsmen, said that there had been several cases of mismanagement of funds in
the church, adding that the church has been unable to address the situation.
The source revealed that a few people in the church were
diverting church funds to their personal use, stressing that the cartel had
always frustrated any genuine man of God posted to the church who would not allow
the church funds to be embezzled.
diverting church funds to their personal use, stressing that the cartel had
always frustrated any genuine man of God posted to the church who would not allow
the church funds to be embezzled.
Speaking, one of the leaders of the protest, who is also an
elder in the church, Mr. Chukwu Okorafor, said their anger was about the
conspiracy leading to the sack of Pastor Adekunle, whom he alleged was
witch-hunted by the cartel for being scrupulous with the church funds.
elder in the church, Mr. Chukwu Okorafor, said their anger was about the
conspiracy leading to the sack of Pastor Adekunle, whom he alleged was
witch-hunted by the cartel for being scrupulous with the church funds.
Okorafor said that the cartel which was always interested in
the church funds, stage- managed the sack of the pastor who was posted to the
church two months ago because he was trying to stop the cartel from diverting
church funds.
the church funds, stage- managed the sack of the pastor who was posted to the
church two months ago because he was trying to stop the cartel from diverting
church funds.
He said that the only action that could calm the worshipers
was the immediate reinstatement of the sacked pastor.
was the immediate reinstatement of the sacked pastor.
He said: “They have converted what belongs to the church to
their personal use.
their personal use.
“Our major concern is that the same group that has always
frustrated the church by embezzling the funds of the church, wrote a petition
demanding the sack of a pastor that came to save the church from the wickedness
of a few persons.
frustrated the church by embezzling the funds of the church, wrote a petition
demanding the sack of a pastor that came to save the church from the wickedness
of a few persons.
“We will continue this protest until the General Overseer
hears us and brings back our pastor, who is doing the true work of God in our
region.”
hears us and brings back our pastor, who is doing the true work of God in our
region.”
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