Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma has reacted to the suspension of a Redeemed
Church Pastor, Toyin Ogundipe who was said to have paid him to perform at
a crusade slated to hold in one of the parishes in Lagos Island. The Fuji star
declared that, although, the church’s management paid for the show, it is
never done to expect him to pay back the “artiste fee” saying, “the fault is not
ours, we were ready to perform for them until we learnt of the cancelation of
the crusade”.
City People reports that,the Pastor in charge of Province 20 of the Redeemed
Church had invited Pasuma to perform at the Church’s forthcoming crusade
titled, “Lagos Island Family Areas Forum” between Friday, October 23rd-
Sunday 25th, 2015.
Pasuma’s picture appeared on the handbill advert and posters alongside
gospel singer, Tope Alabi and a former band leader of the late Fela
Anikulapo’s Egypt 80 band, Kereke Jike.
The decision to stop the programme was because the church headquarters felt
the Pastor had gone too far by inviting a secular artiste such as Pasuma to its
church programme.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the organisers did not do
a detailed consultation before going ahead with the programme. He also said
that it was as a result of it that the programme was cancelled and the Pastor
in charge of the church along with the organising committee suspended as
they now await further sanction from the provisional headquarters for dragging
the name of the church in the mud.
investigations by City People reveal that The Redeemed Christian Church of
God clearly frowns at the use of secular musicians, a development which has
been clearly stated in its handbook to Pastors.
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