The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly has released a statement concerning the allegations levelled against Biodun Fatoyinbo, the founding and senior pastor of the church.
In the statement, the church labelled the allegations as an ‘unprovoked satanic campaign of calumny orchestrated against its leadership and members by agents of darkness.’
The Executive Senior Assistant to the Senior Pastor disclosed that the church would like to clear the misconceptions targeted at misguiding the general public and in a bid to discourage members from worshipping there.
The statement further attributes the accusations to jealousy and envy as some certain pastors are threatened by the unprecedented growth of the COZA and this is an effort to diminish the glory of the assembly.
In a similar vein, The accused, Biodun Fatoyinbo has urged the court to dismiss the suit against him levelled by Busola Dakolo and in lieu fine her and her lawyer ₦50 million.
He described the suit as frivolous and palpable abuse of court process and a lot of details about the suit is subject to a police investigation.
Read the full statement from the church below:
“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 organized 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.
“As for Busola Dakolo, justice will soon be served. 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.
“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.
“We are not unaware that certain pastors that felt threatened by the unprecedented growth of COZA and the grace of God upon His Servant are after some of our members, just making every effort to cash in on the attack against God’s servant. There was nothing they had not done behind the scene until this rape scandal.
“They are accusing our Pastor of snatching their members. Some are even asking why he couldn’t remain in Ilorin. Our focus is the Kingdom of God and winning souls for Christ. COZA is home to those who have sold out to Jesus. At COZA, we believe that every sent servant of God has his or her harvest field given to him or her by God and not by poaching souls or believers of another ministry.
“We therefore urge those sponsoring these evils to desist however if they do not, the God of vengeance will visit them. They should let Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo continue freely with his divine mandate that our Lord Jesus Christ gave him. It is ungodly and sinful to be used by satan against the anointed”.