…as faceoff with UK -based blogger thickens
By Kehinde Martins
General Overseer (GO) of the Mountain of Fire Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya has been accused of allegedly making moves to ‘secure’ a Judge in Lagos for the purpose of ensuring that his bidding is done.
Activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, who made the allegation in a statement made available to newsmen, hinted that Pastor Olukoya’s move was not unconnected to the case he had with a United Kingdom -based blogger, Ms. Maureen Badejo.
“As for Maureen Badejo, I have learned that Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire Ministries, has secured a judge in Lagos to try her on Monday (tomorrow) in Lagos”, Sowore alleges, assuring that the identity of the judge shall be made known on Monday (today).
Sowore alleged that prominent in Olukoya’s plan was to ensure that where Maureen is eventually granted bail, her bail conditions would be very stringent in order to keep her in custody longer than necessary.
According to Sowore “Due to public pressure, an agreement has allegedly been made with the judge to grant her bail, yet with an impossible condition, she must provide a Level 16 officer from the Lagos Civil Service or federal Civil Service. This is an unreasonably high bar, meaning Maureen will likely remain in prison custody for at least a week while efforts are made to “perfect her bail” and prevent her from leaving Nigeria during the farcical trial.
We will know more about the judge procured by Monday, but I’ve already informed Olukoya’s emissaries that his connections will soon fail him, especially within the police and judiciary”.
Mr Sowore in the statement also recalled how the same same Olukoya had allegedly abused the judicial system to, according to the Activist, destroy two innocent men, thereby incarcerating them for nearly ten years.
“Let us not forget Olukoya’s dark history of abusing the system. He has previously destroyed the lives of innocent men, like Femi Jimoh and Caleb Oloruntele, keeping them in prison for nearly 10 years for a crime they never committed, thanks to his manipulation of the Lagos Judiciary.
Despite his close ties with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Olukoya and his network will eventually face the full wrath of justice. They cannot continue to operate with impunity forever”.
Efforts to speak with Dr. Olukoya on the allegations were unsuccessful as at press time. But a Senior and long-standing member of the church who did not wish to be mentioned in this story, as according to him, he was not authorized to speak to the media on the matter, swiftly absolved the General Overseer of any wrongdoing.
“My pastor is a man of honour. He won’t do such a thing”, our anonymous respondent retorted, when our paper sought to have audience with Dr. Olukoya on the matter.
