{"id":132731,"date":"2019-07-04T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=132731"},"modified":"2019-07-04T12:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:36:30","slug":"biodun-fatoyinbo-nigerians-react-as-ex-coza-worker-accuses-pastor-of-raping-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=132731","title":{"rendered":"Biodun Fatoyinbo: Nigerians react as ex-COZA worker accuses Pastor of raping her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/COZA-rape-scandal-Presidency-finally-speaks-wants-Biodun-Fatoyinbo-arrested.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">A cross section of Nigerians have reacted to latest claim by a former staff of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, raped her.<\/p>\n<p>The lady, who hid her identity and her face while narrating her story in an interview with Y!TV, said the incident happened in 2017 at the pastor\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was an employee of COZA, who worked directly with the pastor, and was also a member of the church.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, Pastor Fatoyinbo asked her to come to his house outside Nigeria on the particular day (a Thursday morning), to take some instructions on certain errands to run.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, the scenario changed as Fatoyinbo stopped discussing church matters and grabbed her.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cBiodun Fatoyinbo raped me sometime in September 2017 at his apartment outside Nigeria, we were discussing in his office on a couch before I knew it he dragged me towards him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took off my zipper, one hand putting me to the couch at that point I didn\u2019t know what to do because I had to fight sexual abuse as a teenager. I felt I had put myself in the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything moved quickly from there and then he started trying to pull me into a hug and started kissing me which I found shocking. I had known him as a spiritual leader and I was about to witness opposite of everything that I thought he stood for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was too shocked. It was a couch. I don\u2019t know whether I should hold on to something. I remember telling him continuously \u2018you can\u2019t do that, you can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This latest allegation is coming after the wife of popular musician, Timi Dakolo, Busola, had alleged that the COZA founder forcefully raped her when she was young.<\/p>\n<p>Fatoyinbo, who denied the allegation, however admitted that Busola once attended the same church with his family.<\/p>\n<p>The clergyman consequently ordered his lawyers to institute both criminal and civil cases against Busola.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nigerians, who took to their Twitter handles to react to the latest allegation, wrote the following: @MsAyomidele: \u201cA gentle reminder that Biodun Fatoyinbo is a rapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@RealAtise: \u201cNow to the big question, what is so special about \u201cBiodun Fatoyinbo\u201d?? Could all these women be lying at the same time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@mikeyemelie: \u201cThe strategy is killing me already.. When it seems like everything is dying down, another interview is unleashed. Biodun Fatoyinbo this is definitely going to be a long walk to innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@bokkie_84: \u201cModels Fatoyinbo and Biodun Fatoyinbo, at this junction I just pray that God forgives you two. This is shameless!!!!!!!!!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@EneSoulfood: \u201cShey you people can see! Biodun Fatoyinbo is a rapist! Anyone supporting him or trying \u201cconnect\u201d the dots or make \u201csense\u201d of these is a Rape Apologist! He needs to be in jail for hurting so many women\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@biwomdz: \u201cTheir children, brings them really close to the family so that Biodun can \u201cstudy\u201d them before he eventually plans how to attack. She is just as guilty as he is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COZA 12\u201d? These are \u201cmentors\u201d of Biodun Fatoyinbo which apparently all COZA members know. Cultish?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@RickAnji: \u201cCOZA is complicit in these rape allegations. The stories emanating from alleged victims of Biodun Fatoyinbo are numerous. I\u2019m seeing talk of covered teen pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFemale Ushers ushered out of the church for making complaints of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll happening in said church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Stansuper6: \u201cThe slippery slope ever heard of it? That\u2019s what Biodun Fatoyinbo is on at the moment. Those he allegedly abused are coming out, those he had an affair with\/those who even seduced him and he fell but were scorned can claim otherwise. How does he tell the world the difference?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Prodigalangelo: \u201cBiko is Biodun fatoyinbo the only man of GOD in Nigeria?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@barnaby04: \u201cAs the saying goes, 99 days for the thief and 1 day for the owner, all the ladies coming out today to allege pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of sexual impropriety cannot all be said to be lying. It is what one has a weakness for that one can be accused of doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@mr_adigun: \u201cThis Biodun Fatoyinbo thing is now like a docu-series #SurvivingBiodun. He needs to be locked up tbh, one too many.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cross section of Nigerians have reacted to latest claim by a former staff of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, raped her. The lady, who hid her identity and her face while narrating her story in an interview with Y!TV, said the incident happened in 2017 at the pastor\u2019s house. 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