THE First Baptist Church, Orogun in Ughelli North
local government area of Delta State, has been
shut down indefinitely on the orders of the
Orogun Traditional Council over an alleged
“spiritual cleansing” exercise carried out by the
pastor and members of the church.
The pastor, Rev Tode Joseph Godspower, was
said to have conducted a crusade organised by
the church after which himself and members of
the church, embarked on a “sweeping exercise”
with the intention of sweeping away evil from the
community.


Enraged by his action, the monarch, Okpara-Uku,
(HRM) Akpojotor Epko, invited the cleric in a
letter dated, April 15, 2019 under the guise of
“discussing issues that will bring progress to the
kingdom.”

The pastor who is also the chairman of the
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Orogun
branch, was reported to have been assaulted by
some persons at the palace for “insulting the
gods” of the land while he was being grilled the
next day by the traditional council.

Confirming the ban on the church, a chief from
the kingdom, Chief Immanuel Ogobene debunked
claims that the pastor was assaulted during his
interrogation at the palace, saying, “There was no
confrontation or assaulted, he was just warned
on his action.”

On what transpired at the palace, Chief Ogobene
said: “He (pastor) went to the palace with some
selected members of his church and was asked
why he did what he did, but was tongue tied and
couldn’t say anything to defend his action and
was warned not to open the church until further
notice.

“The council will meet and they will deliberate on
the shutdown of the church as soon as possible.
You have no right to go to a community and start
casting away their idols; he does not have that
authority

“Even if God has revealed something to him, the
best thing to do is for him to go to the Okpara-
Uku who is the head of the community and tell
him. Then the Okpara-Uku will consult his
council, deliberate on it before he is permitted to
do so or not, but what he did was trespass of
activities.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/traditional-council-shuts-down-baptist-church-indefinitely-over-cleansing-by-pastor/

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