t has been over a year since Samuel Eleng and his wife, Favour, lost their two-year-old twin daughter at the Children’s department of the Canaan Land, Winners Chapel headquarters, Sango-Ota in Ogun State, and yet, there is no sign of the girl.

The couple are still stunned by the mysterious disappearance of Praise on April 17, 2011, an Easter Sunday.

Although the Church’s founder, David Oyedepo, was said to have shown support to the family, however, Samuel alleged that the Church had been meddling with the case to prevent it from going public.

“We handed our girls, Praise and Glory, over to the school teachers under whose custody many other children were kept. They gave us two tags as proof that we had our children under their care for that day,” said Samuel.

However, by the end of the church service, Praise had gone missing from the class in which she was left.

Even the teachers in charge of the twin girls were not in sight, as they were said to have all gone for service as at the time the couple went to get their daughters.

“I saw my wife around the vicinity of the Children’s section, she was crying. She told me that Praise was missing,” he said.

Samuel said they eventually got hold of one of the four teachers supposedly in charge of the children’s class, who was also at a loss regarding the whereabouts of Praise.

“She claimed not to know but advised us to check other classes. So we started moving around from class to class, around the church premises,” he continued.

By then apprehensive but still hopeful, the couple waited until after the service and reported the matter to Oyedepo, who prayed and joined them in the search.

“He (Oyedepo) walked with us to the Children’s department and after praying, he said he has not seen any evil signal,” Samuel said.

However, a more frantic search for Praise was not successful as the hours harrowingly dragged on into days and months for the troubled family.

“I was thinking so many things; how can I come to the house of God and my child will suddenly disappear? Even if it was time for rapture, how can it just pick my child only?” Samuel said.

mkmyers45: Hmmm...I think the church should take this more seriously now........why the cover up?

Bashers and Haters + Apologetics where una dey?

2good:

hahahahahahaha! He is busy cursing Boko Haram while he cannot solve a problem that happened in his own church which is suppose to be the house of god.

2good:

hahahahahahaha! He is busy cursing Boko Haram while he cannot solve a problem that happened in his own church which is suppose to be the house of god.

2good:

hahahahahahaha! He is busy cursing Boko Haram while he cannot solve a problem that happened in his own church which is suppose to be the house of god.

LeoMax: That Church is way to large and wide. An adult can even lose his way in the sea of crowd that I witnessed in the Canaanland. Its not a church matter, the police needed to be told in time.

ayobase:

What shld he have done!

mukina2:

t has been over a year since Samuel Eleng and his wife, Favour, lost their two-year-old twin daughter at the Children’s department of the Canaan Land, Winners Chapel headquarters, Sango-Ota in Ogun State, and yet, there is no sign of the girl.

The couple are still stunned by the mysterious disappearance of Praise on April 17, 2011, an Easter Sunday.

Although the Church’s founder, David Oyedepo, was said to have shown support to the family, however, Samuel alleged that the Church had been meddling with the case to prevent it from going public.

“We handed our girls, Praise and Glory, over to the school teachers under whose custody many other children were kept. They gave us two tags as proof that we had our children under their care for that day,” said Samuel.

However, by the end of the church service, Praise had gone missing from the class in which she was left.

Even the teachers in charge of the twin girls were not in sight, as they were said to have all gone for service as at the time the couple went to get their daughters.

“I saw my wife around the vicinity of the Children’s section, she was crying. She told me that Praise was missing,” he said.

Samuel said they eventually got hold of one of the four teachers supposedly in charge of the children’s class, who was also at a loss regarding the whereabouts of Praise.

“She claimed not to know but advised us to check other classes. So we started moving around from class to class, around the church premises,” he continued.

By then apprehensive but still hopeful, the couple waited until after the service and reported the matter to Oyedepo, who prayed and joined them in the search.

“He (Oyedepo) walked with us to the Children’s department and after praying, he said he has not seen any evil signal,” Samuel said.

However, a more frantic search for Praise was not successful as the hours harrowingly dragged on into days and months for the troubled family.

“I was thinking so many things; how can I come to the house of God and my child will suddenly disappear? Even if it was time for rapture, how can it just pick my child only?” Samuel said.


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mkmyers45:

Isn't he a MOG? He should see where the girl is.....knowing fully-well what could happen if someone goes missing and the public hears it....

stagger: As a member of the Winners family, I must say that the system of identification of children by parents needs to be enhanced to avoid such occurrences, because of the sheer number of people that attend the church. It can be a logistic nightmare. Just issuing tags is obviously not enough.

As for the matter being a cover-up, that is purely the opinion of the writer. What is important now is for concerted efforts to be made to recover the child. There is nothing that God cannot do.

AjanleKoko: It's a bit complicated. Technically, the church isn't liable, since the parents did not sign any agreement to keep their kids there.
But they can be held liable if negligence can be proven. It's a big church, with massive crowds, and they need to take more care with security. I'd say the parents should take them to court, if they can find a good lawyer. I'm sure there must be other cases similar to this.

AjanleKoko: It's a bit complicated. Technically, the church isn't liable, since the parents did not sign any agreement to keep their kids there.
But they can be held liable if negligence can be proven. It's a big church, with massive crowds, and they need to take more care with security. I'd say the parents should take them to court, if they can find a good lawyer. I'm sure there must be other cases similar to this.

ArQueBusieR: Can anyone prove it actually happened. Impulsive freaks.

ArQueBusieR: Can anyone prove it actually happened. Impulsive freaks.

e.dynasty:
I think the teachers not Oyedepo will be called for questioning. What baffles me in the whole story was "the said teachers all left for 'service' before properly handing the kids of whom they were giving custody". Oyedepo has nothing here, they do.

HARDDON: so sad to hear...... another ploy to tarnish the image of my grandpa. i do hope and pray the God Lord brings the child back hail and hearty./////// and as for you Nlandas who lack self control and restrain, may God have mercy on you cos no one else can!

HARDDON: so sad to hear...... another ploy to tarnish the image of my grandpa. i do hope and pray the God Lord brings the child back hail and hearty./////// and as for you Nlandas who lack self control and restrain, may God have mercy on you cos no one else can!

stagger: As a member of the Winners family, I must say that the system of identification of children by parents needs to be enhanced to avoid such occurrences, because of the sheer number of people that attend the church. It can be a logistic nightmare. Just issuing tags is obviously not enough.

As for the matter being a cover-up, that is purely the opinion of the writer. What is important now is for concerted efforts to be made to recover the child. There is nothing that God cannot do.