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Events / Re: Beautiful Pictures Of Twins Celebrating Their Birthday by viczeey(m): 10:17am On Oct 03, 2017
More beauty fall on them...
Religion / Baptist Church Members Lock Out Pastor Over Alleged Embezzlement by viczeey(m): 6:36am On Oct 03, 2017
SUNDAY’S service of Ajegunle Baptist Church, Agbowo, Ibadan was held outside the church’s gate as some group of members aggrieved over their Pastor’s alleged financial impropriety, improper behaviour and abuse of pulpit locked the church.



The aggrieved members under the umbrella of “Concerned Members”, are insisting that church pastor, Reverend Oyewole Oyekan leaves the church on allegations of unilaterally running the financial affairs of the church and banking the church’s money to the tune of over N4 million in his personal account.

Speaking on behalf of the concerned members, Mr Sangolade Olufemi, said, “Our pastor has turned himself to the treasurer and financial secretary of the church, whereas we employed him. He spends our money singlehandedly without getting clearance from the financial secretary or church council. He cornered the account of the school for five years. When the school account of the school had problem, he started banking the school money in his personal account to the tune of over N4 million. Even the church executive does not know the actual amount with him.”

“We reported him to the association, conference; all they were doing was to appeal to us to give peace a chance. We have proved it beyond reasonable ground and we want him to leave our church.”

The crisis had begun about three years, when the group had forwarded their grievances to the Nigerian Baptist Convention, asking that Pastor Oyekan be axed after over 15 years of being in charge.

The Nigerian Baptist Convention, in a letter dated December 20, 2016, signed by Reverend D.O.E. Madoghwe, had then confirmed financial misapplication by Reverend Dr Oyekan, though noted there was no embezzlement.

The convention however ruled that the pastor should not keep church money, rather should allow the finance officers to do so, and mandated him to follow the proper channel of handling matters in the Baptist denomination from local church to association, conference and the convention.

Speaking on the allegations against him, Oyekan described the allegations as false, noting that no report of the auditor, financial secretary, treasurer or church in council had indicted him of embezzlement.

“Every quarter, we report everything to the church, the auditor’s report, the financial secretary report, treasurer report, and none of such reports has ever indicted me for anything. The hidden agenda is that I have been here for 18 years, and they want our members to go so that they can share the properties of the church. In the Baptist church, we don’t do that. They claim to be foundation members. We have people who have been year for over 20 years, who are said to be visitors.”

“In the Baptist church, it is the congregation that will hire and fire the pastor. The Baptist convention has never asked me to go, they told them to let peace reign but they did not listen. They say the Baptist convention, the Ibadan Baptist conference, the association, the church in conference, deacons are biased,” Oyekan said.

Speaking, a member of the church, Dr Adesina Sunday said the “Concerned members” against the Pastor because he stood for the truth and never allowed them run the affairs of the church as a cabal.

“These people called concerned members are not recognized by the church. In Baptist church, it not a group that employs or fires a pastor, it is the entire church. They have hidden agenda. The issue started when the pastor suggested that the name of the church be changed. The school account was audited and it was not discovered that there was N1. 7 million, it was the pastor that revealed that there was N1.7 million. But by an arrangement of the church, the money was returned.”

“Another grouse is that they don’t want the pastor because he preaches the truth. The convention said the pastor was guilty of misapplication though there was no embezzlement. They are telling lies against the pastor,” Adesina said.

Secretary of the church, Deacon Oladosu Olusola, said the agitators should rather follow due process in advancing their agitations.

“Whatever issues anyone might have, they should follow due process by bringing them to the church in conference. At the church, the issues were debated and if the decision of the entire church is that the issues they brought are valid, so be it. But they should not use self-help, bypass procedures and force their opinions on the rest of us,” Olusola said

Source: http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/baptist-church-members-lock-pastor-alleged-embezzlement/
Travel / Re: Nigerian Illegal Immigrants Insisting On Trekking Into Canada by viczeey(m): 8:58pm On Sep 28, 2017
Buhaahari!
Education / Re: "I Come, I Came And I Concer": Lady Says As She Celebrates After Her Final Exams by viczeey(m): 8:47pm On Sep 28, 2017
It's her phone that cos it...Auto correct grin grin grin
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Find Attached My Resume: The Right Way To Say It by viczeey(m): 7:04am On Sep 28, 2017
Nice write up
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: CSKA Moscow Vs Manchester United : UCL (1 - 4) On 27th September 2017 by viczeey(m): 7:52pm On Sep 27, 2017
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Remember: No Ashley Young ooo!
This one weak me ooo shocked
Crime / Re: Sharrafaden & Journalists Escape Assassination At Olubadan Palace (Pics by viczeey(m): 3:49pm On Sep 25, 2017
AJIMOBI continue

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Politics / Re: Buhari To Return To UK In Few Weeks To Continue Treatment by viczeey(m): 12:42pm On Mar 10, 2017
Nah dem sabi... I don't even no why he cm back
Programming / IT Training In IBADAN by viczeey(m): 8:06pm On Feb 07, 2017
Please where can a friend of mine get any of this training done in Ibadan? *Oracle PL
*SQL
*Unix
Politics / Re: Nigeria is too big to fail – Adeosun by viczeey(m): 7:55am On Dec 16, 2016
shocked
Celebrities / Re: Anita Solomon, The Other Woman Toke Makinwa Talked About In Her Book by viczeey(m): 9:59pm On Nov 28, 2016
ednut1:
why Toke no gree get belle . more to this their childish love triangle
she said Maje no dey come inside her...
Properties / Re: Architects: What Is Wrong With This Preliminary Draft by viczeey(m): 7:06am On Nov 25, 2016
The lobby that lead to master bedroom is to long you have to consider lightening in your design,and also the dinning and the kitchen are too small
Celebrities / Re: Elsie Okpocha Shows Off Her Perfumes by viczeey(m): 4:53pm On Nov 21, 2016
Chisos....nah perfume u dey take bath? grin grin grin
Religion / Re: How Should I Pay My Tithe? by viczeey(m): 10:53am On Oct 09, 2016
malachi 3vs10
Education / Re: Oyo Assembly Moves To Take Over LAUTECH by viczeey(m): 7:42am On Sep 23, 2016
I could remembered vividly 2011,during the regime of Gov Alao Akala, just like he knew that this kinda thing will surface later, he and the members of Oyo state house of assembly then called for this move but the people of Oyo state taught he was play politics on them not knowing that he was trying to save them from what is happening presently. Ogbeni Aregbe called him a mad man that he doesn't know what is doing...that Gov Akala he did it because they're in diff party... now that they're from the same party they find difficult to manage the institution... I pray make you succeed with your move and stop toying with the life of the students #save_lautech

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Education / Re: Finally: Oyo And Osun State Sells Out Lautech To Federal Government by viczeey(m): 9:54am On Aug 28, 2016
Provide the source please
Career / Re: Is It Legal For Your Employer To Hack Your Email And Privacy by viczeey(m): 7:04am On Aug 27, 2016
it is illegal
Politics / Re: AMCON: Silverbird Galleria In Abuja Re-opened by viczeey(m): 10:12am On Jun 24, 2016
Ref: Appointed Muiz Banire as the receiver/manager of the companies, following an alleged failure to meet up loan obligations with Union Bank of Nigeria.
Banire is also the legal adviser of the ruling political party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Since Banire is legal adviser to APC they will always look 4 means to tournament him
Celebrities / Re: Kemi Olunloyo Replies Tokunbo Aboderin by viczeey(m): 9:45pm On Jun 21, 2016
That's your family issue...stop disturbing air for us grin

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