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Buhari’s Aide Kicks Oyedepo As Mixed Reactions Trail CAMA
By Ayodele Oluwafemi
Presidential Aide on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie led the attack as mixed reactions on Monday greeted the comments of the Senior Pastor of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo over the recently signed Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) that tends to regulate the operations of the church.
CAMA was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, on August 7, 2020.
Reacting to the new provisions, Oyedepo, on Sunday, noted that churches are controlled under the divine power of God, not government.
The cleric warned against any attempt to gag up against churches, saying that the church is the greatest asset of God and no law can work against it.
Oyedepo said, “The church is God’s heritage on earth. Molest the wife of somebody and you will see the anger of that person. The church is the bride of Christ. You know how a strong man is when you tamper with his wife. The church is the body of Christ. We are under obligation to give warnings to wicked rulers so we could be free from their blood.
“The church works on the pattern delivered by God not the pattern of man. Government has no power to appoint people over churches. This is a secular nation. The church is the greatest asset of God in this country.”
Many Nigerians have reacted to the comments of Oyedepo, as some criticized the cleric, while others supported his stance.
Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie asked Oyedepo to “manufacture his own country and live by his own law.”
“I hope this is not true. If it is, Oyedepo will have to manufacture his own country and live by his own laws. As long as he lives and operates within the entity called Nigeria, he will live by Nigerian rules and laws. He will do as he’s told by the law? Enough of lawlessness,” Onochie wrote.
Some supported Oyedepo’s stance, arguing that Christians should stand against the law that allows a government agency to appoint trustees over churches and NGOs.
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