Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy
Church is at it again. This time around the organisation is facing an epoch
making case in the history of Christianity in Nigeria, whereby a former member of
the church is pressing charges against some Pastors as well as staff and
security of the Church for assaulting her and one of her staff, demanding a whooping sum of N1bn compensation
from Christ Embassy for assault, battery and breach of contract.
Findings revealed that her company
“Eventz.comLimited” rented out its LED screens to the church for the ongoing
IPPC program in Lagos, at a 90 percent discount to the church for a barter
arrangement and the Church to bare logistics cost. However, unknown to her, the
good gestured to forego millions of naira in return for the Love World Studio
which ordinary cost’s N1,000,000 will turn into a thing of reproach,
embarrassment and agonizing pain for her.
Explaining how it all started,
U-cheena said, “We gave out LED screen to the church for IPPC programme at a 90
percent discount. However, just two days into the programme, I received a call
from one of my staff Daniel, who informed me that one of my LED screens got
blown from a power surge.
“When I heard it, I took the next
available flight from Abuja to Lagos on Thursday 20th November 2014 to arrange
another screen to ensure that we kept to our side of the bargain. Little did I
know that my generosity would turn out to be my biggest undoing.”
According to her, “Upon arranging for
another LED screen for the Church, I informed those in charges that I must get
a full payment of the agreed sum for logistics before I can power the screen on
for the programme. They appealed to me to power it as payment will not be a
problem.
“When their insistence that I power
the screen did not yield any results, they called the Zonal Pastor of my
Church, Christ Embassy Abuja, Pastor Chidi to prevail on me to go ahead and
power the screen. They went to the extent of involving my Mum, Pastor Duchess,
who is also a Pastor with the Church to prevail on me.
“At this point, I conceded and
powered the screen on and was there to ensure that everything went well until
after the programme which ended at about 5pm.
“I was in shock when Pastor Dave
approached me and my staff and said ‘we are only going to pay you for one day
only. Go and tear down your screen immediately and give me your invoice.’ I
said to him ‘but that is not fair.’
“He got enraged at this point,
ordered me out of the Church premises and walked towards his office. I told him
I was not leaving until I got my full payment and followed him towards his
office as well. He banged the door of his office right behind me. When I
attempted to open the door to enter his office, one of the Pastors who was
listening to our conversation, Pastor Ayo, pushed me from the door and I fell
thunderously to the ground.
“My staff, Daniel confronted the Pastor and asked him why he should push me that way requesting to know if he wanted to kill me. At this point, Pastor Dave ordered his colleague, Pastor Ayo and the security men to throw us out of the Church premises.
“The Pastor pounced on Daniel, aided
by some other pastors and members of the Church who came out in droves to beat
him up. I received my pound of beating when I attempted to rescue Daniel, whom
six ordained pastors of Christ Embassy,Church staff and security held down and
threatened to murder. At this point, two security men were in possession of
firearms while one of the pastors continually poured a white substance
suspected to be a tranquilizer on his face to subdue him. This they did with
all enthusiasm and recklessness.”
Speaking further, U-cheena said,
“My production manager, Ms Ayo and an
Abuja Church member, Sister Nonye, who recognised me, helped to rescue me from
the Christ Embassy monster squad. In an attempt to record the incident, one of
them grabbed my phone and smashed it to the ground beyond repair.
“I headed for the Alausa Police
station where I made a formal complaint”, said U-cheena amid sobs and tears.
At the Alausa Police Station, she was
subsequently given a letter to go to the hospital where she was treated.
U-cheena added that the CSO to Pastor
Chris Oyakhilome, Deacon Ik came with Pastor Dave to give his statement along
with Pastor Ayo, who assaulted her and her staff were eventually detained alongside some of the
pastors involved in the head-shaking assault.
U-cheena, who until the unfortunate
incident was a full time member of Christ Embassy vowed to press charges until
she got justice as well as pursue the civil aspect of the matter before a Court
of competent jurisdiction.
Already, she said she had briefed her
lawyers to commence the process of instituting legal action against Christ
Embassy and Pastor Dave.
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