Governor Ambode sacks chaplain for disrespecting wife first during church service

...minister, family tossed out of residenceThere is outrage at the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos State, after the Presiding Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo, was sacked by the Governing Council purportedly on the request of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.

He got the sack on Monday, May 15, with no question or authority reason expressed in the sack letter.

He was said to have been requested out of his official quarters where he lived with his significant other and two kids inside 24 hours of getting the letter.

In spite of pleadings from chapel pioneers and other trustworthy older folks in the congregation, the legislature was said to have demanded that the priest must leave the congregation.

Some congregation individuals purportedly contributed cash to purchase gas cooker, and other family unit things for the family as they cleared the vicarage.

Examinations by Punch demonstrated that Pastor Taiwo "irritated" the Governor's significant other, Bolanle Ambode, who had gone by the house of prayer on Sunday, May 14, when the congregation held a blessing administration.

The congregation is under the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, while the Office of the Lagos State First Lady administers church.

Church individuals were said to have documented out to get blessing oil amid the May 14 benefit with no inclination given to Bolanle, who held up unendingly with her escort.

She was said to have later moved to be blessed and minutes after the fact, raged out of the congregation, as a portion of the ladies pioneers pursued her.

Bolanle, who was accounted for to be noticeably furious, supposedly disregarded supplications from the ladies, which incorporated the spouse of the managing clergyman.

The minister got the sack the next day.

The mandate to sack the Pastor as a result of the senator's significant other tended to line amid blessing administration was issued in a letter dated May 15, 2017, and marked by the Chairman, Governing Council of CCTL, Mr. Olugbenga Solomon. The letter likewise requested the Assistant Chaplain, Very Rev. Ayo Oyadotun, to assume control with prompt impact.

A congregation part, who saw the dramatization and asked not to be distinguished, said , "The congregation had announced seven-day fasting after we lost two unmistakable individuals.

"The Sunday benefit, which was proclaimed as blessing administration, should end the fasting.

"The First Lady, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, was available with her company. She goes to the congregation sometimes.

"When the time had come to be blessed, the minister requested that individuals approached, including that it was discretionary. Three individuals remained at the phase to bless individuals. They incorporated the minister, the managing pastor and one other individual.

"Individuals began venturing out in a steady progression. The senator's better half, after some time, additionally ventured out and was blessed."

The source said inside a couple of minutes of taking the oil, Bolanle, who felt disregarded, ventured out with her company.

Another individual from the congregation stated, "As she ventured out, clearly she was furious. The leader of the ladies' association and the minister's significant other pursued her. She disregarded them, entered her auto and zoomed off.

"When we went to the congregation on Tuesday, we heard that Venerable Taiwo had been sacked. We were informed that he was sacked on the grounds that the representative's significant other didn't get the blessing oil first and she felt disregarded.

"The man that marked the letter is additionally a government worker," the source said.

The administering board is said to be comprised of individuals from the congregation and a few deputies of the legislature.

It was learnt that Taiwo still had two years to spend as the managing pastor when he was let go.

The source said some congregation individuals rapidly purchased family unit things for his family as they emptied the congregation premises on Thursday.

He stated, "The kids went to class on Thursday without realizing that they would not remain in the vicarage that night. Church individuals purchased informal lodging family things for them since they didn't have their own property.

"The individuals said their minister did not affront them, and challenged the sacking. The administering board individuals, be that as it may, said they ought to overlook it since whatever originated from Alausa was last. The greater part of the congregation individuals are government workers who can't talk excessively."