jesusjnr2020:
Hmm...

This is very revealing but not unexpected though, because one cannot expect a different result when it's the words of the flesh which Jesus said profits nothing that's being sown.

You know we just do what we do a times, and damn the consequences, especially knowing that there were many here who were loyal to the church and her leader who would be offended, but after hearing revelations like these, they confirm the importance of what we was doing, and that we are actually being led of the Spirit.

God is really awesome.

Thank God for preparing us and giving us the courage to do things, which most shy away from, just as Jesus was doing while He was here on Earth. It's a real blessing and an honor.

Your experience and revelations have really been a blessing here and justified these efforts.

Thanks a lot for sharing.

I have seen two part-time pastors shouting themselves down in church saying, "leave my wife alone" (inordinate affection).

How about a part time pastor laying a girl in hotel to help her get scholarships tó landmark university, omu aran?

My sister (been a part-time pastor's wife) had been approached by another pastor for a relationship outside the truth supposed to be upheld.

I have seen staffs of a pastor gathered at honor entrance to threaten pastor (who anchors program on altar regularly) to pay the money he's owing them because they know that point will be the last realm of embarrassment he would fear.
It worked o. He begged and paid.

I still worked on a padded contract of the church recently.

I saw it, but all I could tell someone close to me involved is, "sir, beware of these entanglements". Can I chide someone that was part of my school sponsorship?
Hard but I subtiltly adviced him. What shall it profit a man.

I have seen (mostly part time pastors and deacons) schemed fake transportation arrangement for people to travel to and from church claiming money for services never rendered.

Collection of offerings during WSF (winners satellite fellowship) in Lagos, ota and environs was cancelled when the highly-placed pastors / deacons began to involve new comer in the act of stealing offerings.

I know many of the part time pastors who ministers prospe....and claimed prospe....who are living from hands to mouth. They wasted their lives claiming lies. They are now in their 60s having been used for 20 years of their lives.
Some are wise though, they still balanced church works from their private business (these categories are mostly seen as not following).

The Ethhiopian Eunuch said, "how can I understand when there's no one to explain to me"

The job is to speak to your members the gospel of Christ.

True salvation (not the altar called attached to prosperity). Prosperity is for the children, not the dogs. You see people running to the altar to be saved because they want to prosper. Lori Iro.

Let them know that without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Emphasize on the works of the flesh that can take them to hell even if they will have to run away from your church (you have done what a watchman should do).

Let them know what the fruits of the Spirit are even if they will choose not to bear them.

Let them now chose to obey or disobey.
But when you only pamper their itchy ears, you will be guilty of their damnation.

The gospel of Christ is so big and simple that it is an insult to Jesus Christ that we localized it to bread and butter.

May God save as many as possible from being firewoods in hell.

Have mercy Lord and revive your church.

With revival, the scale of coverings veiling people's eyes from the truth will be taken away.

jesusjnr2020:
Any Gospel That Cannot Tell Sinners To Repent From Their Sinful Way Is Antichrist!

Jesus said He came to call sinners to repentance and that was a common featire in the Gospel He preached.

Luke 5:32 (KJV)

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 4:17 (KJV)

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Luke 13:3, 5 (KJV)

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

And Jesus commanded His disciples to teach all men to observe His commandments.

Matthew 28:20 (KJV)

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

So any doctrine that cannot tell men to repent as Jesus had done is Antichrist!

Beware of it!

God bless.

Thanks for speaking the truth.

Kobojunkie:
Jesus Christ never asked anyone to bath in His blood, let alone cover anything in it. The practice alone is Pagan in origin and is still practiced by babalawos and the lot. I dont understand how many who claim to be Christians have become so very blind to Jesus Christ and His Word.

Dude, you get serious patience.. I for don take long vacation from that point from that madness.

Which vacation?

My wife is my wife o.

After 2 months, she reasoned with me that all I raised against them were the Bible truth and so we couldn't continue.

It was God who confronted me with those questions that I raised. So they were all backed with scripture.

I thank God that we have chosen Holiness unto the Lord than dominating the earth by all means.

What shall it profit me if I dominate the Earth but lose my soul?

Kobojunkie:
Even those you call witches and wizards, babalawos, and pagan worshipers, have most everything you listed there, and they do practice your pagan acts of "anointing" objects as well, so tells us which one of them were commanded of you Jesus Christ?

See Question.

Abegi, temper mercy with justice, justice with mercy, shaa temper something with something jare.

Should I tell you one story?

When I wanted to leave that place (a church that employed 40 failures and fired them for unfruitfulness) because God confronted me with some truth and I couldn't defend it.

My wife did not want it. I stopped going, but my wife will still go.

One day, she brought the so-called Blood of Jesus (Black currant and Zobo) and started spraying it everywhere in the house.

I told her God told me this is idolatry, because the name of Jesus in faith is enough than all these attaching physical connections.

She did not agree.

Then I told her, I will practice the blood of Passover tomorrow. I will buy a fowl, kill it and sprinkle the blood on our doorposts.

She said Jesus did not tell us that.

I asked, then what is the difference between real blood and black currant blood.

I don see that church finish. Too many scams worse than in govt ministries.

jesusjnr2020:
Not surprised, for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks for someone born of the flesh not of the Spirit.

Be there deceiving yourself with people's approval and estimation, one day if you don't truly repent, you'd know who has misplaced priorities between us.

[b]This was one of the weakness of anyone going to that church (I was in that captivity for 17 years too)

They can use foul languages so easily because it is rear for anyone to teach them the attitudes/character of a Christian as taught by Jesus himself in Matthew 5.

My relations who goes there can say anything to anyone because even papa does that. You can slap any adult so easily when angry because papa does that.

You will never hear them expatiate on the word of God as touching the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Holy spirit. Galatians 5:19-23.

No wonder a fornicator can be a successful praise worship leader there.

No wonder Provincial / District Pastors can inflate valuation of landed property (proposed District or Zonal Centers) so as to share the extra millions on top between themselves (one of the cases went to court because the Deacons below who broker the deal around Isheri Olofin felt cheated in the sharing).

No wonder pastors can inflate cost of materials purchased by church without feeling any prick.

Wetin Musa eye no go see for gate.

The message about dominating the earth is 100% flawed.

The Lord knows those who are his, Let every one named the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.[/b]

hobat4cash:


1). Is Oyedepo the one paying them salary or is it the church?
2). As a follow up to the above question, are u saying that Oyedepo is the church owner?
3). Which set of people in government earn the so called minimum wage? I thought it was the lowest class of workers that earn such, if that is the case, are Pastors the lowest class of workers in the Church?
4). Can such wages paid to family men (the pastors) take them for a whole month considering the economic hardship in the country?
I have sadly observed that when it comes to issues involving religion and Men of God, we tend to spew half truths or at worst tend not to use our brains when commenting.
Please let's learn to call a spade a spade and not a farming instrument.
Peace

I promise you that they won't answer these questions.

When truth stares at them in the face, they look for a leeway out.

I tell you, they will come to quote any other thing you post, not this one.

Ogbenia:


Of course yes!
First question is why did he use a fake documents?
The answer is he was running for dear life which is a fundamental human right and assylum laws recognize this.
It doesn't matter even if he used another person's passport while running for his life.
Check similar cases on YouTube

Uncle, you are not talking to babies here.

The hardest part of the journey is to get out of Nigeria if he was seeking asylum (forging Nigerian passport in this case).

He doesn't need to forge Nigerian passport with another identity because he can sneak through many local pathways from Ogun State to Benin Republic.

If he is in Benin, Asylum seeker will willfully hand over itself to police and his statement will state his challenges that occasioned his purpose for illegal entry.

An Asylum seeker does not need forging documents of the country he sneaked to if he has a clean mind seeking asylum.

Forgery and counterfeiting is mischievous and criminal (Felony).

That has even made asylum seeking harder.

ifiokjohn:
Ok...we will really know if Nigerians are really stupid to vote APC after this suffering.
If they do vote APC may it never be well with anyone that vote APC for generation to Generation

Even Jesus do laugh when people pray like this.

Jesus wants us all to give our lives to him and have relationship with him in our daily lives.

Means we will detest what he detests (sins) and love what he loves (full obedience to him and his word).

Many churches today turned sinful acts to "wisdom is profitable to direct" and yet they keep praying unbiblical prayers.

Choices to vote are personal.

Who you vote for is personal.

If you truly have relationship with Jesus Christ, the holy Spirit will guide you on who to choose.

God respect the power of choices from Men, but all choices have consequences.

Note that God can bring anyone to lead a nation (Good to advance his purpose or bad to beat us back to his purpose).

Some leaders are ordained to beat people into their senses (Happened to Israeli many times in Bible history).

In Nigeria, the Church messed up a lot of things. I won't be surprised if worse leader comes for us in future to retrace our steps unto the path of true Gospel.

In as much as you don't have the power to answer your own prayers, many prayers becomes waste of times, energy and emotions.

Imagine someone saying, "sango will kill you in Jesus name". That one na prayer?

Sunday Igboho

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside story of how Sunday Igboho rose to prominence
Mr Igboho rose from a motorcycle mechanic to become one of the feared figures in the South-west.
ByAdejumo Kabir February 12, 2021 6 min read
It would have been hard to believe that Sunday Adeyemo would be a popular figure about 20 years ago, during his days on the streets of Modakeke in Osun State.

Popularly known as Sunday Igboho then, after his home town Igboho, in Oyo State, he relocated with his father to Osun at a very tender age.

Mr Igboho, according to people who knew him in his early days, was an easy-going young man in the mid-90s. He learnt how to repair motorcycles (Okada) and was one of the best motorcycle mechanics one could find in the community then.

But the intra-communal crisis between Ile-Ife and Modakeke which started in 1997 and ended in 2000 made Mr Igboho abandon his job to become a self-styled warrior.

Modakeke-Ife communal crisis
The crisis began when the Modakekes agitated for a local government council of their own in the 1990s and it led to a tussle between them and indigenes of Ile-Ife when the military junta of the late Sani Abacha granted their wish.

The government created Ife East Local Government out of the former Ife North and Ife Central local governments in 1997.



While Ile-Ife indigenes lobbied for the headquarters of the new council in their part of town, the Modakeke people objected. The government later announced Oke-Ogbo in Ile-Ife as the headquarters, despite initially indicating that Oke D. O. in Modakeke would be the location.

This was swiftly protested by the Modakekes, who alleged, “cheating and injustice”. Soon, a full-blown “war” ensued that led to the killing of hundreds of people from both sides and destruction of hundreds of houses, cars and other properties.

Modakeke ‘warrior’

Saliu Popoola, a Modakeke indigene, tells PREMIUM TIMES how the crisis rendered many people jobless in the community.

“While many individuals ran for their lives after losing their properties, some persons were forced to join the war between the two communities,” said Mr Popoola, who is in his mid-60s.

“My house was one of the houses burnt during the crisis. The homeless had no choice than to join the battle. Even those who could not handle a gun during the war were either carry gun bullets for warriors or chanting praise songs to embrace them.’’

PREMIUM TIMES learnt from various sources that Mr Igboho was among the youngsters carrying bullets for warriors in the early stage of the crisis and after a series of experiences on battlefields, ‘’he became courageous enough to handle a gun’’.



“We all love(d) Igboho because of his courage. He was one of the youths carrying bullets for us at war fronts. There was no single day you won’t find him supporting the Modakekes because he sees the community as his home,” Mr Popoola said.

Another frontline indigene of Modakeke who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told PREMIUM TIMES that he was one of those who encouraged Mr Igboho while growing up.

“Sunday grew up under our watch here in Modakeke. He was a major actor during the crisis between us and Ile-Ife. He started by supplying bullets to warriors and also ensured cover for some of the people chanting praise songs to embrace us then.


“When it appears that the end of the crisis was not near, many people who lost their loved ones and properties had to put their lives on the line. It was at this point that Sunday himself graduated from carrying gun bullets to holding a gun.


“He had a local double-barrel gun that he was using then and we can trust his judgement. He never missed his targets. Despite being a young man, he was displaying courage that many elders could not even withstand. I recalled he had an armless bulletproof he used to wear then


“Sunday was later leading a squad and was quite representing Modakeke relentlessly at the war front. Nobody is this Modakeke would deny the role he played during the crisis because he was a major actor”.

End of crisis

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the crisis did not come to an end until the year 2000 when the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, set up a committee, led by Olabode George, to look into the menace.

Mr George’s committee was supported by the Osun State government headed by the then governor, Bisi Akande, and several recommendations were made to end the crisis.

The committee, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, recommended the recognition of Ife East Area Office as a local administration entity with headquarters at Oke, D.O. in Modakeke, and with the addition of “Ife” as a prefix to Modakeke for the town to become known as Modakeke-Ife.

Burnt house in Akraba

More so, it recommended the location of a mobile police training school in Ile-Ife and police ‘buffer zones’ in the flashpoints of the conflicts like Oke Yidi, Odo Okun, Iye Kere, Egbedore, Akrabata, Isale Agbara and Mayfair/Obande areas.

Destroyed building at Iye-kere

The then government approved the recommendations by the committee which ended the bloody crisis between the two communities.

Until the crisis ended, Mr Igboho did not relent on battlegrounds ‘’defending Modakeke town’’, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

Post-crisis

After the crisis, Mr Igboho joined the Modakeke branch of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state under the leadership of a man popularly known as “Double”.


Some NURTW members who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said Mr Igboho was one of the loyalists of ‘Mr Double’ and they were both known for collecting revenue and dues from transporters at motor parks.

“Sunday Igboho could not later go back to his job as a motorcycle mechanic, hence he joined the NURTW business under his boss called Double,” said an NURTW member who did not want to be identified.

“He later bought his bus. It was at that time that got another nick “Majasola” and was often regarded as “Igboho Majasola” by many residents of the community.

“Double and Igboho later made move to register Okada riders under NURTW even though riders had their association and that was how another internal crisis started in Modakeke with Igboho being one of the trouble makers.”

Multiple sources present in Modakeke during the crisis said Mr Igboho and his colleagues also seized the opportunity of the crisis between NURTW members and motorcycle riders to reportedly rob most shop owners in the town.


When asked for more details and his account on the then crisis, the current leader of Modakeke NURTW, who simply identified himself as Amori, confirmed being a witness of the saga.

He told our correspondent: “I don’t want to start narrating all that happened then. It was a sad incident and I don’t even have any link to Igboho since he left Modakeke in 2004”.

Igboho ‘evicted’

PREMIUM TIMES was able to locate the residence of one of those tackling insecurity and all forms of thuggery in Modakeke then and he gave an account of how Mr Ignoho was forced to leave the town.

Speaking with our correspondent, Adetunji Adesiyan, the secretary of Modakeke Peace Committee in early 2000, said ‘’Mr Igboho ran away from the town after some youth attempted to ‘kill’ him for being one of those terrorising the community’’.

“After the Ile-Ife and Modakeke crisis, people felt relaxed and they were trying to return to their respective businesses. It was at that point that Okada riders and NURTW members started another internal crisis within Modakeke.

“This was as a result of an announcement by Isamotu Double who was Igboho’s boss that all Okada riders in the town should come and register under him. The Okada guys resisted this and that was how internal killings began. At least I know of three close individuals who lost their lives in the battle.

“Igboho supported Double then and there was one guy called Okrika who was leading the bike men’s squad. It was bloody to the extent that students were not going to school and businesses were disrupted. This was around 2004.

‘’The incessant crisis led to the bringing together of “Modakeke Peace Committee which was headed then by Yekin Awopetu while I served as the secretary. The peace committee started raiding the NURTW guys and the Okada riders’ hideouts with the support of the police.

“We got the backing of the DPO at Oke Ibutu. We placed a ban on NURTW and Okada riders’ union. When some of them like Okrika who was leading the motorcyclist resisted, community youths unleashed an attack on him.

“We declared all of them including Igboho wanted and many others ran away. Double who happened to be Igboho’s boss was also killed when he refused to allow peace reign.

“The day people concluded that they were going to kill Igboho, he ran to the police station for rescue. He escaped through the fence while his car was burnt into ashes. That was how he got to Ibadan. We rejected him here (Modakeke) by forcing him out of our town”.

Ibadan ‘thug’, allegations
On getting to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Mr Igboho joined the NURTW in the state and through his activities, he met former governor, Lam Adesina.



From late Mr Adesina, he became closer to the former governor, Rashidi Ladoja, and was involved in the combative politics between the late political leader, Lamidi Adedibu, and Mr Ladoja.



He acted as the latter’s bodyguard throughout the tussle and also led the camp of Mr Ladoja in the violence that occurred then.

Mr Ladoja was illegally removed as governor in 2006 following a political disagreement he had with the late Mr Adedibu. He was later returned after 11 months through a court order.


Before now, Mr Igboho has been accused of land grabbing, using armed thugs against original owners of such lands but he has also in the past defended himself against the allegations on several occasions, saying he only fights on land matters “when he is invited to do so”.

He claimed that his known job is ‘’buying and selling of cars’’.

Mr Igboho did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiries via phone calls and text messages seeking his account of his days at Modakeke and how he left to become popular again in Ibadan.

Recent activities

He hit national limelight when he gave a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ibarapa, Oyo State due to the criminal activities of armed herders.

Mr Igboho accused the herders of being responsible for the killings, rape and kidnappings of the residents of Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa.

Despite a warning by his state governor, Seyi Makinde, against such action, he invaded Igangan and his visit led to a clash between some Yoruba youth and Fulani in the community. Properties worth millions were reportedly destroyed.


His house was razed by fire some days after though the police are yet to comment on the source of the fire.

He also visited Ogun State and vowed to evict Fulani herdsmen in the South-west following the insecurity rocking the region, an action against the laws of the country.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/442313-special-report-inside-story-of-how-sunday-igboho-rose-to-prominence.html

He did killings during modakeke -ife war.

He killed and maimed people over land grabbing.

He killed as NURTW member.

He killed as a political tout.

Why is it that those who killed are afraid of death.

He can die anyway he like.

Those who lived by the sword are to die by it.

psucc:
Just like that! Imagine a supposed preacher!

Sir, preach the gospel and forget what Oyedepo and others are doing in the Congregations. They may be right in their actions, who knows the mind of God. Their sack may be a clarion call to sit up but ooops! with internet, some are making publicist of the matter.

Face front man. And haven't you read of persecution? Why won't they endure a simple test?

If dad only preaches Christ to you without correcting you when you are friend to somebody with questionable character, will his "Jesus loves you" message be enough?

Bro. He is not criticizing Oyedepo, he is using the word of God also to tell us that if you are preaching the true gospel of Christ, many who have itchy ears will be offended. So, crowd will not want to congregate around the truth hitting them and challenging their lack of Christ when they claimed being Christian.

But when the focus is the crowd, the message can be diluted to pamper them for hell fire.

I was in that Church for close to 17 years (due to my living with my brother who's a member, now pastor) before God delivered me from the message of dominance on earth.

Seek you first the kingdom of God and it's righteousness is in giving your life to Jesus and living it daily by obeying him in all. It is not in monetary value.

How can a fornicator be a successful praise worship leader?
It happened because in a whole year, you will never hear pastor preach about what the works of the flesh are.

Bible is complete, but they selected where to use to motivate men to dominate the earth.

Let thy kingdom come oh Lord.
The deciet is getting too much.

jesusjnr2020:
Was Jesus A failure Because Many Of His Disciples Left Him And Few Stayed?

Jesus was Someone who prioritized the preaching the Word of the Spirit which quickens and gives life, over the word of the flesh which profits nothing but death. John 6:63, 12:49-50.

This made Him lose many disciples at some point of His ministry, as they were said to have left Him and never walked with Him again because of the Word which He preached. John 6:60, 66.

Hence He was left with just a few disciples because of His determination to keep preaching Word of the Spirit despite that it made the many disciples go away, and not the word of the flesh which would have made them remain with Him.

So was Jesus a failure as a result?

Was He unfruitful?

That's what most church leaders of the present day would say, because they are quantity-oriented, not quality-oriented as Jesus was, hence they'd rather preach the words of the flesh which profits nothing to attract and keep the crowd with them, not the Words of the Spirit that gives eternal life, which may make many of them leave as those many disciples of Jesus did, but wisdom is justified of her children, even the few that remained with Him because of the Words which He spoke.

Hence Jesus built may have been lacking in quantity but it was full of spiritual quality, while today's church is full of quantity but lacking in spiritual quality.

That's the spiritual quality which the early church had that today's church leaders have traded for quantity.

The results speak for themselves.

God bless.

YOU SPOKE MY MIND.
GOD BLESS YOU.

Ogaga87:
People trying to dig and make words out of the sacking which took place recently but when I see anything that comes between God and man, I flee from being the judge. Who gave me the right of a judge over the affairs of God and man.. T. B Joshua just left and one day we'll go as well.. Let's be careful of our utterance before we experience the situation of Martha, sister of Moses..

The fake ones are easy to know.

TB Joshua, Iginla, Fufeyin, Chris Okafor, Indaboski and many others depends on power gotten from Satan.

Oyedepo (who replaced Idahosa) and his sons are intelligent motivational speakers using Bible as references. They read many motivational books and link them with Bible verses.

In all, any gospel that spent most of its time teaching you on how to dominate the earth is fake.

The true gospel teaches you about reconciling the world to God starting from you yourself being in Christ truly, knowing fully well that Jesus Christ is coming again. This world is a transit to eternity in Christ Jesus or hell fire.

Anyone, who leaves emphasis on Christ and starts to dwell on miracles and how you will dominate the earth is only massaging your itchy ears.

Bro. those who reads Bible well and are not "my pastor said" Christians knows that Martha wasn't Moses Sister.

Please go back to exodus to correct this.
I know the name, but want you to use this opportunity to open your Bible again.

Sunday Igboho

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside story of how Sunday Igboho rose to prominence
Mr Igboho rose from a motorcycle mechanic to become one of the feared figures in the South-west.
ByAdejumo Kabir February 12, 2021 6 min read
It would have been hard to believe that Sunday Adeyemo would be a popular figure about 20 years ago, during his days on the streets of Modakeke in Osun State.

Popularly known as Sunday Igboho then, after his home town Igboho, in Oyo State, he relocated with his father to Osun at a very tender age.

Mr Igboho, according to people who knew him in his early days, was an easy-going young man in the mid-90s. He learnt how to repair motorcycles (Okada) and was one of the best motorcycle mechanics one could find in the community then.

But the intra-communal crisis between Ile-Ife and Modakeke which started in 1997 and ended in 2000 made Mr Igboho abandon his job to become a self-styled warrior.

Modakeke-Ife communal crisis
The crisis began when the Modakekes agitated for a local government council of their own in the 1990s and it led to a tussle between them and indigenes of Ile-Ife when the military junta of the late Sani Abacha granted their wish.

The government created Ife East Local Government out of the former Ife North and Ife Central local governments in 1997.



While Ile-Ife indigenes lobbied for the headquarters of the new council in their part of town, the Modakeke people objected. The government later announced Oke-Ogbo in Ile-Ife as the headquarters, despite initially indicating that Oke D. O. in Modakeke would be the location.

This was swiftly protested by the Modakekes, who alleged, “cheating and injustice”. Soon, a full-blown “war” ensued that led to the killing of hundreds of people from both sides and destruction of hundreds of houses, cars and other properties.

Modakeke ‘warrior’

Saliu Popoola, a Modakeke indigene, tells PREMIUM TIMES how the crisis rendered many people jobless in the community.

“While many individuals ran for their lives after losing their properties, some persons were forced to join the war between the two communities,” said Mr Popoola, who is in his mid-60s.

“My house was one of the houses burnt during the crisis. The homeless had no choice than to join the battle. Even those who could not handle a gun during the war were either carry gun bullets for warriors or chanting praise songs to embrace them.’’

PREMIUM TIMES learnt from various sources that Mr Igboho was among the youngsters carrying bullets for warriors in the early stage of the crisis and after a series of experiences on battlefields, ‘’he became courageous enough to handle a gun’’.



“We all love(d) Igboho because of his courage. He was one of the youths carrying bullets for us at war fronts. There was no single day you won’t find him supporting the Modakekes because he sees the community as his home,” Mr Popoola said.

Another frontline indigene of Modakeke who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told PREMIUM TIMES that he was one of those who encouraged Mr Igboho while growing up.

“Sunday grew up under our watch here in Modakeke. He was a major actor during the crisis between us and Ile-Ife. He started by supplying bullets to warriors and also ensured cover for some of the people chanting praise songs to embrace us then.


“When it appears that the end of the crisis was not near, many people who lost their loved ones and properties had to put their lives on the line. It was at this point that Sunday himself graduated from carrying gun bullets to holding a gun.


“He had a local double-barrel gun that he was using then and we can trust his judgement. He never missed his targets. Despite being a young man, he was displaying courage that many elders could not even withstand. I recalled he had an armless bulletproof he used to wear then


“Sunday was later leading a squad and was quite representing Modakeke relentlessly at the war front. Nobody is this Modakeke would deny the role he played during the crisis because he was a major actor”.

End of crisis

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the crisis did not come to an end until the year 2000 when the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, set up a committee, led by Olabode George, to look into the menace.

Mr George’s committee was supported by the Osun State government headed by the then governor, Bisi Akande, and several recommendations were made to end the crisis.

The committee, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, recommended the recognition of Ife East Area Office as a local administration entity with headquarters at Oke, D.O. in Modakeke, and with the addition of “Ife” as a prefix to Modakeke for the town to become known as Modakeke-Ife.

Burnt house in Akraba

More so, it recommended the location of a mobile police training school in Ile-Ife and police ‘buffer zones’ in the flashpoints of the conflicts like Oke Yidi, Odo Okun, Iye Kere, Egbedore, Akrabata, Isale Agbara and Mayfair/Obande areas.

Destroyed building at Iye-kere

The then government approved the recommendations by the committee which ended the bloody crisis between the two communities.

Until the crisis ended, Mr Igboho did not relent on battlegrounds ‘’defending Modakeke town’’, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

Post-crisis

After the crisis, Mr Igboho joined the Modakeke branch of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state under the leadership of a man popularly known as “Double”.


Some NURTW members who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said Mr Igboho was one of the loyalists of ‘Mr Double’ and they were both known for collecting revenue and dues from transporters at motor parks.

“Sunday Igboho could not later go back to his job as a motorcycle mechanic, hence he joined the NURTW business under his boss called Double,” said an NURTW member who did not want to be identified.

“He later bought his bus. It was at that time that got another nick “Majasola” and was often regarded as “Igboho Majasola” by many residents of the community.

“Double and Igboho later made move to register Okada riders under NURTW even though riders had their association and that was how another internal crisis started in Modakeke with Igboho being one of the trouble makers.”

Multiple sources present in Modakeke during the crisis said Mr Igboho and his colleagues also seized the opportunity of the crisis between NURTW members and motorcycle riders to reportedly rob most shop owners in the town.


When asked for more details and his account on the then crisis, the current leader of Modakeke NURTW, who simply identified himself as Amori, confirmed being a witness of the saga.

He told our correspondent: “I don’t want to start narrating all that happened then. It was a sad incident and I don’t even have any link to Igboho since he left Modakeke in 2004”.

Igboho ‘evicted’

PREMIUM TIMES was able to locate the residence of one of those tackling insecurity and all forms of thuggery in Modakeke then and he gave an account of how Mr Ignoho was forced to leave the town.

Speaking with our correspondent, Adetunji Adesiyan, the secretary of Modakeke Peace Committee in early 2000, said ‘’Mr Igboho ran away from the town after some youth attempted to ‘kill’ him for being one of those terrorising the community’’.

“After the Ile-Ife and Modakeke crisis, people felt relaxed and they were trying to return to their respective businesses. It was at that point that Okada riders and NURTW members started another internal crisis within Modakeke.

“This was as a result of an announcement by Isamotu Double who was Igboho’s boss that all Okada riders in the town should come and register under him. The Okada guys resisted this and that was how internal killings began. At least I know of three close individuals who lost their lives in the battle.

“Igboho supported Double then and there was one guy called Okrika who was leading the bike men’s squad. It was bloody to the extent that students were not going to school and businesses were disrupted. This was around 2004.

‘’The incessant crisis led to the bringing together of “Modakeke Peace Committee which was headed then by Yekin Awopetu while I served as the secretary. The peace committee started raiding the NURTW guys and the Okada riders’ hideouts with the support of the police.

“We got the backing of the DPO at Oke Ibutu. We placed a ban on NURTW and Okada riders’ union. When some of them like Okrika who was leading the motorcyclist resisted, community youths unleashed an attack on him.

“We declared all of them including Igboho wanted and many others ran away. Double who happened to be Igboho’s boss was also killed when he refused to allow peace reign.

“The day people concluded that they were going to kill Igboho, he ran to the police station for rescue. He escaped through the fence while his car was burnt into ashes. That was how he got to Ibadan. We rejected him here (Modakeke) by forcing him out of our town”.

Ibadan ‘thug’, allegations
On getting to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Mr Igboho joined the NURTW in the state and through his activities, he met former governor, Lam Adesina.



From late Mr Adesina, he became closer to the former governor, Rashidi Ladoja, and was involved in the combative politics between the late political leader, Lamidi Adedibu, and Mr Ladoja.



He acted as the latter’s bodyguard throughout the tussle and also led the camp of Mr Ladoja in the violence that occurred then.

Mr Ladoja was illegally removed as governor in 2006 following a political disagreement he had with the late Mr Adedibu. He was later returned after 11 months through a court order.


Before now, Mr Igboho has been accused of land grabbing, using armed thugs against original owners of such lands but he has also in the past defended himself against the allegations on several occasions, saying he only fights on land matters “when he is invited to do so”.

He claimed that his known job is ‘’buying and selling of cars’’.

Mr Igboho did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiries via phone calls and text messages seeking his account of his days at Modakeke and how he left to become popular again in Ibadan.

Recent activities

He hit national limelight when he gave a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ibarapa, Oyo State due to the criminal activities of armed herders.

Mr Igboho accused the herders of being responsible for the killings, rape and kidnappings of the residents of Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa.

Despite a warning by his state governor, Seyi Makinde, against such action, he invaded Igangan and his visit led to a clash between some Yoruba youth and Fulani in the community. Properties worth millions were reportedly destroyed.


His house was razed by fire some days after though the police are yet to comment on the source of the fire.

He also visited Ogun State and vowed to evict Fulani herdsmen in the South-west following the insecurity rocking the region, an action against the laws of the country.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/442313-special-report-inside-story-of-how-sunday-igboho-rose-to-prominence.html

Babalawos masquerading as pastors
Sunday, July 25, 2021 10:00 am

By Bola Adewara

Recently I went to have an interview with a ‘pastor’, somewhere. One of his members lives in my vicinity. Seeing E-life magazine that I edit, he said I should please give his pastor some publicity and the pastor will bless me spiritually, materially, financially, etc.

The issue of a pastor blessing spiritually, materially, financially put me off. I declined the request. But his wife is a close friend of baby and they prevailed on me to do whatever I can, blessing or no blessings. So I went to his shrine, sorry his church.

On entering his office, as a journalist, im trained to first observe and scrutinised the environment. On his table were some bottles of water. Looking closely, I saw tags on the bottles with name like River Jordan, Omi Okun, Omi Osa, Dead Sea, River Niger, River Benue, Osun. On the left side of his table were assorted types of anointing oil. Almost ten different bottles, big, small, medium of different shapes. What of Bibles? Almost seven different sizes. Candles dey dia too. The first thing that struck me was a question: is this a pastor or a babalawo?

I shifted on my chair and my head told me to leave this place immediately. But my spirit said wait and probe his mind. You must not run from him. When he sat, I said let us pray. Before I could start, he began to speak ‘in tongues’. I didn’t close my eyes and my spiritual antennae was high, so conscious of the environment.

When he finished speaking in his tongue, I said I want to pray and I began with the name of Jesus, taking authority over every foul spirit around, commanding them to bow to the name of Jesus, that light will shine during and after this interview and the devil and his demons would be put to rout. I didn’t close my eyes as i prayed, almost shouting. Didn’t the Bible say watch and pray? Throughout my prayer, he did not say amen.

When I finished he said
“Mr. Bola, can we postpone this interview? It’s like i am hungry. And I have to travel in some minutes. Can we see next week please?
I said any how you like it. Mr. X, your church member said you are ready today, that is why I am here.
He said ‘OK. I will fix another day with him and get you informed.
I stood up to go. He dipped his left hand in his pocket and stretched some naira notes to me. I declined it as I walked out of his office. There is nothing journalists eyes no go see for Nigeria.

Come to think of it, some people go to this ‘church’ every Sunday. They call him Papa, Daddy, Prophet. They bow for him. He anoints them. This is the criminal someone said would bless me. Thunder fire him one million times.

These people are not Pastors. They are sorcerers. Babalawo. Dibia. No one should call them pastors. Christians, please, shine your eyes.

*Bola Adewara, is a preacher, journalist and publisher, Elife magazine
Twitter: @bolaadewara


https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2021/07/25/babalawos-masquerading-as-pastors/

Voter apathy is a blessing to politician.
It helps in manipulating results in conjunction with the umpire.
APC, PDP, ypp, adn etc. will all rig elections if they have the opportunity.
They all only shout when the other party won by rigging more.

fenibak:


It is called typo, I use a different kind of keyboard and the ish always change words and I don't have the time to check, I am not writing for the Washington Post and besides I didn't put all the write up here

Ok, It will be good if you go and consciously correct it.

Oluomo and his boys have same modus operandi as Igboho and his boys.
Political tools compensated for killing and maiming people during elections in favor of their paymaster.
They use their guns (non election period) to commit other crimes like grabbing lands or helping people do for a fee or property compensations.
Imagine Oluomo coming to say he is a freedom fighter for Yoruba race,
It will be so insulting.

Faith or Fate.

Evening school always short-change it's old pupils.
And short-change our society more.
Faith!
Faith!!
Faith!!!

DonroxyII:
I have been saying he will be arrested......

Fulani are the most political savvy in Nigeria and they fight Guerilla war better than any tribe ....

All the fulani killings doesnt have a face nor someone coming out as identified oppressor... that's tactical ..... They are all acting under Miyetti Allah but you can't arrest Chairman nor secretary of Miyetti Allah .... they were not the one in the bush .....

Now that Fulani has seen how much they can achieve with their brother as President , all they need to do is keep pushing their brothers to be president..... Silent and execute...
Same strategies, maximum achievement....

To beat them, Go Guerilla....

Igboho just turned everything to social media War and video upon video insulting everybody .....

Education is the most important to mental development.....
All Developed Countries relies on Education and Knowledge for Social, Economic and Weapon Development!!

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ON SAME PAGE.

GO FOR BRAIN, NOT STRENGTH.

BY STRENGTH SHALL NO MAN PREVAIL.

A WISE MAN IS FAR BETTER THAN A FOOL.

THANKS FOR COMPREHENDING THE BIGGER PICTURE THAT THOSE BLINDED WITH SENTIMENTS CAN NOT SEE.

macof:


Lmao. In all this rant where is the evidence of Igboho's involvement
Let them go to court if they have claims to a property stop crying for people that didn't send you

The ones that sent you to slander igboho online are just wasting their money on you you are doing a very poor job

NO COURT ON EARTH WILL PUT THE NAMES OF TOUTS (WHO EXECUTED THE LAND GRAB) IN A COURT CASE ON THE LAND HE HAS NO CONNECTION TO. AN EXECUTIONIST ONLY ENGAGES IN THE BEATINGS AND MAIMING, THEN KEEP PATROLLING FOR A WHILE TO ASCERTAIN NO ONE RETURNS ON THE GRABBED LAND. THEY CAN ONLY BE CHARGED WHEN CAUGHT IN THE ACT (ADEDIBU, LADOJA, AKALA TOUT ARRESTED IN IBADAN?).

WE WHO EXPERIENCED HIS RUTHLESSNESS AND CRUELTY HAVE PRAYED FOR JUDGEMENT, IT HAS FINALLY COME.

MORE TO COME.

DonroxyII:
Nigerian Government already knows he has fake passports..... They would have checked his travel antecedents .... All the need to do was to push him to make mistakes and that's exactly what he did .... Either he make mistake within Ecowas or make mistakes in Western Nations.........

Just don't live your life in a hunted position especially with state actors and powers......

Igboho went all illiterate and ignorant on this Debacle .......... You are fighting for Rule of Law and Fairness but also has cockroaches in his Cupboard ... (Who Doesn't) ....... You have to go about it all Guerrilla not boldly beating chest and facing state powers and actors !!

Education, Knowledge, Mental Development is the most important to Emancipation!!

FINALLY, THOSE WHO ARE WISE ARE SHOWING UP.

HOW CAN THIS ILLITERATE BE THE FACE OF YORUBA?

AN INSULT TO ALL OF US WHO SPENT YEARS IN EMANCIPATING OUR MINDS THROUGH EDUCATION.

I STAND WITH PROF. AKINTOYE. NOT THIS OPPRESSOR AND KILLER TURNED THEIR MESSIAH.

A good blend of Oduduwa and Biafra.

The business continues.

macof:


Since you cannot read. Let me spell it out for you

"A notice from the Oyo State High Court and dated October 31, 2018 with suit number 1/567/84 allegedly took possession of the property in the area. "

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/11/23/land-grabbers-sack-over-100-houses-in-ibadan-pupils-residents-others-flee/

" Encouraged by these complexities, land grabbers, particularly children of the families who originally owned the land on which the schools were built, are prowling on large portions of unused school land without let or hindrance. This has gone unchallenged for several years"
https://thenationonlineng.net/land-grabbers-take-public-schools-land-ibadan/

And these are from your own sources.

First, no where is Igboho mentioned as being responsible for evicting people from their homes, nor is there any evidence you can provide connecting him to this.
Secondly, those evicted are not ancestral owners, let the claimants being evicted go to court if they paid fully for the land in perpetuity. It is only people claiming to be ancestral owners that can evict them and on grounds of failed payment or breech of agreement.
Thirdly, to say the courts don't work, I ask is Igboho a common tout as you call him in control of the judicial system in Oyo state?


Go back to the people paying you, this Igboho slander no work

YOU ARE IGNORANT.

DON'T USE 2018 CASE THAT IS PREDICATED ON 2016 ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY AJIMOBI (JUST RECENTLY) TO EXPLAIN OUT WHAT IGBOHO AND MANY OF HIS ILKS DID WHEN THEY HAD FULL POWER TO OPPRESS, GRAB LAND AND CONTRACTUALLY HELP OTHERS TO BEFORE THE ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.

IF THERE WERE STRICT LAWS TO STOP IGBOHO AND HIS ILKS FROM AROUND YEAR 2000 WHEN HE ARRIVED IBADAN, WHY WOULD COURT BE WAITING TILL 2018, TO START PROSECUTING AJAGUNGBALES SUCCESSFULLY?

IF AJAGUNGBALES WAS NEVER A HEADACHE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF OYO STATE, WHY WOULD THEY BE MAKING AN UNNECESSARY LAWS?

YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

BRINGING 2018 CASE IN COURT DOES NOT IN ANYWAY ABSOLVE THE TRUTH THAT IGBOHO, ADEDIBU AND OTHER GROUPS OF HOOLIGANS IN IBADAN HASN'T USED GUNS, MACHETE AND OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS TO OPPRESS AND GRAB PEOPLE'S LANDS FORCEFULLY AND TAKE CONTRACTS TO HELP OTHERS DO SO BEFORE THE 2016 LAW WAS SIGNED TO CURTAIL THEIR NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES.

THE NAMES MENTIONED IN THE CASE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO CAN PROVE EVIDENCES OF HAVING SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LAND AB INITIO.
NO PAPER OR LAW COURT WILL JOIN MODAKEKE WARRIOR WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY LAND IN IBADAN BEFORE 2000 OR HAVE ANCESTRAL CONNECTION TO ONE.
THEIR MODUS OPERANDI IS, " GRAB 10 ACRES AND GET PAID WITH 2"
"GRAB 20 AND BE COMPENSATED WITH 4"
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILIES HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE GIVE 2 AWAY TO REDEEM 8, OR 4 AWAY TO REDEEM 16.

THE TEARS OF THOSE YOU PEOPLE HAVE MADE CRY IS ASKING FOR JUDGEMENT TOO.

THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD WILL DIE BY THE SWORD.

SEED TIME AND HARVEST.

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