When the news broke that a private
plane from Nigeria was seized in South
Africa with brand new dollar notes of
about $10m my heart palpitated and I
was askance even though I was in the
midst of others. My fear steamed for a
few facts.
When the news broke that a private
plane from Nigeria was seized in South
Africa with brand new dollar notes of
about $10m my heart palpitated and I
was askance even though I was in the
midst of others. My fear steamed for a
few facts. I was sure that the federal
government of Nigeria will do what it
does best; keep mum and then later will
either deny or offer some lame
explanations while muddling up the
waters sufficiently enough by using
pawns to obliterate the facts of the
matter and politicizing the issues,
hereby diverting our attention away to
other things.

Sad to say, I have been proved right on
every count. Not only have they started
their campaign of calumny, they have
used a most saddening approach; they
are playing the religious card. Why is
the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) getting involved in a supposedly
private matter of such dangerous
proportion? We shall come back to the
CAN later on. Suffice to say that Nigeria
is in deeper troubles than we are
presently prepared to admit to. Sadly,
the trouble and danger inherent is
potent enough and highly dangerous to
our corporate existence, while
collectively playing the ostrich will
benefit no one eventually.
Here are the facts of the matter. On 5th
September 2014, a Bombardier
Challenger 600, with a Nigerian flight
crew piloted by Captain Tunde
Ojongbede, flew into South Africa and
landed at Lanseria Airport in
Johannesburg. Eventually we got to
understand that there were two planes
and not one that flew in to South Africa.
The other plane involved, used by Swat
Inc., a Hawker Siddeley 125, also with
an American registration number
(N497AG), landed at Lanseria Airport
last month. That plane and its
passengers remained in the country for
two days before returning to Abuja on
August 13.
When the passengers luggage were
checked, officials of SA Revenue Service
(Sars), found undeclared raw cash of $
9.3 million on the passengers. On
board one the seized aircrafts was also
an Abuja-based Israeli man, Eyal
Mesika, whom we were told was the
only man with the combinations to open
the lock on the suit cases containing
the cash to be laundered or used to
purchase illegal arms by the order of
some unnamed persons in the Nigerian
Government.
One amazing fact is that the Nigerian
government has maintained a curious
silence since the scandal broke on
September 5th when South African law
enforcement agents confiscated $9.3
million from the two private jets. If
Sahara Reporters did not blow the lid
on the illegality, I doubt if ordinary
Nigerians would have known the kind of
gang we currently parade as political
and religious leaders.
South African airport security
spokesman Solomon Makgale
confirmed a police investigation was
underway but declined to give details.
The aircraft was temporarily
impounded, but was allowed to return to
Abuja about four days after the initial
arrest of the plane because the Nigerian
government reached out to its South
African counterparts, ostensibly to
douse the tension and keep the fact
away from the public.
The arrested passengers apparently told
officials they were acting on behalf of
the Nigerian intelligence service, and
they provided documentation
confirming they had come to South
Africa to buy weapons. However, the
National Conventional Arms Control
Committee, which has to approve the
import and export of any weapons as
well as issue permits for such
transactions, was not aware of any
applications in this case. It is also not
clear whether the Israeli passenger was
an intelligence operative or an arms
dealer.
A spokesman for South Africa’s
National Prosecuting Authority
disclosed that the country’s
investigators found the Nigerian arms
buyers with invoices from two South
African firms called Tier One and ESD.
The invoices were for armaments and a
helicopter.
According to South Africa’s City Press,
“In court papers, the NPA submitted
evidence that Tier One is not registered
with the National Conventional Arms
Control Committee and is thus not
authorized to enter into any agreements
regarding the sale and/or rental of
military equipment."
The paper further revealed, “The
agreement between Tier One and ESD
was concluded on September 8, three
days after the money was seized at
Lanseria.”
We can safely conclude therefore that
the arms deal was supposed to be a
black market operation and therefore an
illegal arm purchase. Such arms could
end up anywhere either in the hands of
the Niger Delta militants, political thugs
and assassins, or even the dreaded
Boko Haram militants...your guess is
as good as mine.
After much hush hush, it finally
emerged that the bombardier jet
involved in the illegal money laundering
and purchase of black market arms
belonged to Pastor Ayodele Joseph
Oritsejafor the founding and Senior
Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church,
located in Warri, southern Nigeria, and
currently the President of CAN.
A statement released by the church on
behalf of Pastor Oritsejafor reads in part
"On behalf of Pastor Oritsejafor, we can
confirm that although he holds an
interest in Eagle Air, the aircraft in
question is not operated by Pastor
Oritsejafor. The aircraft was leased to,
and is operated by Green Coast
Produce Limited since August 2.”
But, here are a few questions keen
watchers have been asking. FAAN just
over a year ago readjusted the laws
guiding the usage of non-scheduled
commercial operators. The law
according to the Nigerian aviation
authorities seeks to regulate and stop
the abuse by private jets owners, who
turn their planes over for commercial
purposes illegally.
Therefore one should ask, why was
Pastor Ayo private jet leased out for a
supposedly commercial purpose since
August 2nd 2014 according to him?
Recall also that private jet owners were
not only barred from leasing their
planes out for commercial purposes,
they were also barred from carrying
people other than their family members.
The above reasons alone are enough to
indict Pastor Ayo and his co-travelers.
Now, let’s come to the issue of CAN.
Pastor Ayo is first and foremost the
senior Pastor and founder of a church
and we all remembered his initial claims
that the plane was a gift by some
unnamed members of his church. If that
is the case, why is the church not in the
forefront of defending his latest
escapade? Why drag CAN into his
private church business?
I am a Christian and as such an affiliate
of CAN. Pastor Ayo should be left alone
to defend himself and his private
business without dragging CAN
alongside himself. Why has CAN
become the private enterprise of one
man?
CAN have existed before the advent of
Pastor Oritsejafor and should be left
alone to do what it was established to
do. The statement supposedly released
in the defense of Pastor Oritsejafor by a
certain Sunny Oibe on behalf of CAN is
not only reprehensible, it is asinine; it is
disgraceful and it is totally unbecoming
of what an organization representing
the body of Christ should ever have
thought of, let alone made public. It was
not only acerbic and jejune, it was a
classic gutter styled gobbledygook that
no self respecting Christian body should
ever be associated with no matter the
level of "provocation".
Please don't bring the "Touch not mine
anointed” crap here. For your
information, severally we have been
reprimanded to “touch not mine
anointed” but is this the correct
application of this scripture? In which
context was this phrase used in the
Bible? It can be found in Psalm 105:15
and repeated in 1Chronicles 16:22. That
passage was written to praise the
works of God when He brought out the
children of Israel from Egypt and saved
them from several dangers, even
though they were few in number. It was
never about a pastor or a church
leader. It was written to praise God in
taking care of a called out people.
Anointed vessels are men who allow
God to do his bidding through them.
Note that those people who do his
bidding must be “called out” and what
is the “church”? The root word for
church is "Ecclesia" which simply
means “the called out ones”. Therefore,
that passage can also mean “touch not
the church”. Do NOT be deceived. It
was never written to protect or immune
“penterascality” or ‘pastopreneurs’ from
honest criticism. It was written as a
mark or seal of God’s protection upon
His chosen ones and His chosen ones
are his body, His church.
Pastor Ayo will do well to resign his
position as CAN President and face his
calling squarely. He has done more to
harm the reputation of CAN by his
several actions and careless speeches.
It is written in 2 Timothy 2:4, “No man
that warreth entangleth himself with the
affairs of this life; that he may please
him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.”
In 1 Peter 4: 17 it is written, “For the
time is come that judgment must begin
at the house of God: and if it first begins
with us, what shall the end be of them
that obey not the gospel of God?”
To serve God is to serve his people. Let
Pastor Ayo search himself, has he been
true to the one who called him? Let God
be true, let all men be liars.
Pastor Oritsejafor’s ownership of the jet
has raised several questions in the
past. One of which is that the plane
seized by South African officials is
actually registered in the US for use
only as a private jet, not for commercial
purposes. Another issue is does Pastor
Oritsejafor owns more than one jet? In
2012, he claimed that members of his
congregation presented him with the
gift of a jet. However, the registration
number of the jet detained by South
African authorities differs from the
registration details for the jet purchased
by Mr. Oritsejafor’s congregants. In
response to criticism of his acquisition
of a private jet, the pastor had argued
that he needed the jet to enable him to
travel widely for events related to his
ministry. The question then is whether
the commercial leasing of a private jet
is part of Oritsejafor’s ministry?
Nigerians are watching the unfolding
dangerous drama and waiting with a
baited breath. How will the Federal
Government of PDP led by Goodluck
Jonathan handle this case? Will they
prove their detractors right that the
government of Jonathan have always
known, collaborated with and have been
covering up sponsors of terror in
Nigeria, or will President Jonathan rise
to the occasion this time?
Time will tell, but remember history is
being written for the future by every
present action and deliberate but highly
noticeable inactions.





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Over to you defenders of indefensible.