Ado-Ekiti—THE N5million
donated to the Millennium
Anglican Church, Odo Owa
Ekiti by Ekiti State Governor,
Dr Kayode Fayemi, is allegedly
tearing the church apart.
It would be recalled that
Fayemi donated N5 million to
the church during the burial
of its late primate, Most Rev.
Abiodun Adetiloye on
January 19, 2013.
Shortly after the donation,
the leaders and clergy of the
church were said to have
met where the issue of the
donation was discussed.
Members were said to have
resolved on how to utilize
the money among others.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of
Ekiti State
Governor Kayode Fayemi of
Ekiti State
It was gathered that they
agreed that among others, it
would be used to renovate
the church, buy a bus for
evangelism while N1million
would be put into a special
account.
However, the Bishop of Ekiti
West Anglican Communion,
Most Rev. Oludare Oke, was
said to have told the
members including the vicar,
Reverend Mike Ogunniyi, that
the N5 million was deposited
in a fixed Account because it
was an endowment fund
and not a gift to the Church
alone.
For allegedly failing to heed
the advice of the Bishop, the
Bishop was said to have
ordered the demotion of the
vicar from Archdeacon to
Canon for alleged
insubordination.
Dissatisfied with the
demotion, members in Odo
Owa Ekiti were said to have
last Sunday sealed off the
Church auditorium donated
to the town by the late
Archbishop Adetiloye and
prevented leaders of the
church and members from
gaining access to worship.
The closure of the church
was said to have created
tension in the community,
prompting the town’s
traditional ruler to intervene
to forestall breakdown of
law and order.
A concerned member told
Vanguard that “The
Archdeacon having got the
support of the Church
members bought a new bus
at the cost of N3 million,
while a sum of N1 million
was used to renovate the
Church. The remaining N1
million was kept in the
Church’s Account. The Bishop
was not happy with the
action of the Archdeacon
and this led to his demotion
to the rank of a Canon.”
But a statement by a member
of the Church Council, Mr
George Ogunjeta, yesterday
the church denied any crisis,
saying “the cash donation
has not created any crisis in
the Church.”http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/fayemis-n5m-donation-tears-church-apart/

Wen wil u ppl stop running Church like a Biz center?