{"id":133802,"date":"2019-07-08T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T08:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=133802"},"modified":"2019-07-08T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T09:26:26","slug":"coza-can-makes-u-turn-says-it-is-investigating-rape-allegations-against-fatoyinbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=133802","title":{"rendered":"COZA: CAN Makes U-turn, Says It Is Investigating Rape Allegations Against Fatoyinbo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Christian Association Of Nigeria has said it is investigating rape allegations against Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo.<\/p>\n

The body made this known on Sunday in a statement by its Acting General Secretary Joseph Daramola.<\/p>\n

CAN had earlier said the matter was outside of its jurisdiction and hence could not act on calls by Nigerians to get to the matter.<\/p>\n

Making a u-turn however, CAN said: \u201cSince both Pastor Fatoyinbo and Mrs. Timi Dakolo are Christians, the leadership of CAN is already seeking ways to address the issues in order to heal every wound already inflicted on the parties concerned and the body of Christ in general.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our hope that steps which will exacerbate the current damages already done will be avoided.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we seek the help of CAN Elders and the Holy Spirit in resolving the current problem, it is our prayer that both parties will sheath their swords and stop the media war in the interest of the Church and for the greater glory of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is seriously concerned about the disturbing situation concerning Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the General Overseer of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), one of our leading Pastors in the country, on whom allegations of rape has been leveled by one of our daughters, Mrs. Timi Dakolo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disheartening how some commentators and columnists have been insulting the Body of Christ in Nigeria as a result of this incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike we have earlier stated, it doesn\u2019t matter who is involved, rape is ungodly and reprehensible. But we have resisted the temptation to jump into any conclusion since a body like ours will be expected to have uncovered the truth about any matter before making public statements and not base its position merely upon media reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we have disclosed that Pastor Fatoyinbo\u2019s Church has not been an active member of CAN, that does not put the Church outside the spiritual watch-care of CAN.<\/p>\n

\u201cCAN is the umbrella body for every Christian and Church in Nigeria. Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church does not turn back anyone that comes to Him and CAN also does not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of the Church, according to Jesus Christ, is the Ministry of Reconciliation, which is centered on true love and forgiveness of those who repent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bible states it clearly that \u201cGod demonstrates his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us\u201d (Roman\u2019s 5:8,11).<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, God has committed to us the ministry of reconciling the world unto Himself and to one another. (2 Corinthians 5:19-21).\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Christian Association Of Nigeria has said it is investigating rape allegations against Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo. The body made this known on Sunday in a statement by its Acting General Secretary Joseph Daramola. CAN had earlier said the matter was outside of its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,2677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religious"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/131738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}