Nairaland Forum

The Living Faith Christian
Church International, David
Oyedepo , will face a legal
action for slapping a young lady
during church service, last year.
Robert Igbinedion, a Lagos
based lawyer, confirmed to us
Friday that he had filed a suit, on
behalf of the young lady, at the
Ogun State High Court for the
enforcement of the lady’s
fundamental rights to freedom
from inhuman and degrading
treatment, human dignity, fair
hearing, and freedom from
discrimination.
Mr. Igbinedion is seeking an
award of N2bn as ‘general and
exemplary damages’ against Mr.
Oyedepo .
“If a wrong is done to the young
lady, she is bound to receive
justice for that wrong,” said Mr.
Igbinedion, a Solicitor at Salus
Populi Chambers.
In the suit, Mr. Igbinedion said
that the young lady, while
answering an “illegal” alter call,
was trying to explain herself
when the pastor gave her “a
dirty and thunderous slap.”
“The respondent (Mr. Oyedepo
) made the alter call for
witches to come out, he did not
make a similar call for other
categories of sinners like illicit
drug dealers, contract inflators,
fraudsters, adulterers, and
fornicators in the church,” read
the suit.
Mr. Igbinedion, who represented
the victims of the celebrated
Pastor Emeka Ezeugo (popularly
known as Reverend King) at the
Magistrate court, in 2006; stated
that cases of violence in the
place of worship if not nipped in
the bud could escalate into
‘uncountable’ dimensions.
Furthermore, he said the calling
out of the young lady (and
others) as witches are illegal,
unconstitutional, and a breach of
Section 34 of the Constitution of
Nigeria, African Charter on
Human and People’s Right, and
United Nations Universal
Declaration on Human Right.
The suit asked the court to
compel Mr. Oyedepo to issue a
self-signed public apology to be
published in two national dailies
and one international satellite
television station.
It also wants the respondent to
issue a similar alter call for drug
dealers, corrupt government
officials, bribe-giving
contractors, and other category
of sinners who are members of
the church.
In December last year, a video of
Mr. Oyedepo viciously slapping a
teenage girl during church
service for saying she is “a witch
for Jesus” appeared on popular
site You Tube.
Though later removed, the video
went viral within days with the
pastor, fondly called Papa,
receiving a lot of stick from
outraged viewers and members
of the public.
One viewer described the act as
“unbiblical, barbaric, and a
disgrace.”
Days later, another video
surfaced in which Mr. Oyedepo
tried to justify his action saying
“it is my ministry to slap” and
that the fact that the witch,
rather than going to court,
apologized showed his
superiority.
“People now complain on the
Internet that I slapped a witch. If
I see another one, I’ll slap,” he
said in the video.

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Now why am i not suprised?

this topic is already been discussed on another thread.
http://www.nairaland.com/919240/bishop-oyedepo-faces-n2bn-law