Nollywood actors, Akah Nnani and Adesue Etomi Wellington, has urged Commonwealth of Zion Assembly pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, to step down as the senior pastor until his rape allegations have been cleared.

The actors via their individual Instagram pages said stepping down is the best thing that could happen to the church until the court proves Fatoyinbo’s innocence.

Akah who is also a member of COZA warned that Fatoyinbo should not sway the emotions of church members or encourage them to defend him on social media.

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The actor also said that should in case “he doesn’t step down …I am calling on all well-meaning human beings, all well-meaning Christians, truly called Pastors, to raise their voice on all social media platforms with this hashtag, #PastorStepDown and demand for the right procedure to be followed until the whole matter is resolved”.

Akah wrote;

“This issue has been addressed by the senior pastor. Pastor has said he never raped anyone in his life. Good! Praise God. Now what next?

“Dear @biodunfatoyinbo The next thing to do sir, is to step down from the position of senior pastor. But I know you know this sir and the church is in fact already making arrangements for this because anything contrary to this would be unconscionable, corrupt and anarchical.

“In proper states, governments, working systems, businesses and organisations even in the circular domain, the leader in question will step down first. INNOCENT OR NOT.

“The only thing I want to hear on Sunday is pastor announcing to the church that he is stepping down and not a single word more to sway the emotions of the congregation or encourage them to defend on social media or even any sermon from him.

“Someone else can take the word. TILL THIS WHOLE THING CLEARS AND WE CAN SEE ROAD!! But hey, Like I said, I know they will do the right thing.

“Now, ‘Should in case’ He doesn’t step down, or he preaches a sermon, or just maybe the church organisation does not know the right thing to do, then I am calling on all well-meaning human beings, all well-meaning Christians, truly called Pastors, to raise their voice on all social media platforms with this hashtag, #PastorStepDown and demand for the right procedure to be followed till the whole matter is resolved. On all social media platforms.

I humbly implore ALL @cozaglobal members to watch the entire 4 parts of @busoladakolo account with a pure and human heart. Watch with the intention to listen. See the woman speaking. SEE HER.

May we all operate in wisdom and love. Madness is not Nigeria’s surname. May Nigerians be free from slavery. The truth will stand up.

By the way we need CAN and PFN to step into this matter. I believe these associations are regulatory bodies of Christian churches too. Please bring the table out in the open.#PastorStepDown.

“The law is in place for a reason. Till this issue is handled, till these allegations are investigated, till the law takes it’s full course, there should be no sermon on that pulpit from him. Someone else can preach for now. What is right is right.
#PASTORSTEPDOWN.”

In an earlier post, Adesua had hailed Busola Dakolo for being brave enough to speak her truth as a rape survivor.

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“Survivor. Not a victim. You have spoken your truth even when you knew it could cost you everything.

“Clearly, we still need to have active conversations about rape because a lot of people CLEARLY still don’t get it.

“Busola, we are proud of you. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” You have done something.

“Ps I have turned my comments off because I am not looking for people to validate or invalidate my stance. Regardless of either, It is my stance.
#istandwithyou #istandwithbusoladakolo,” Adesue wrote.

See Akah and Adesue’s posts:

 

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This issue has been addressed by the senior pastor. Pastor has said he never raped anyone in his life. Good! Praise God. Now what next? Dear @biodunfatoyinbo The next thing to do sir, is to step down from the position of senior pastor. But I know you know this sir and the church is in fact already making arrangements for this because anything contrary to this would be unconscionable, corrupt and anarchical. In proper states, governments, working systems, businesses and organisations even in the circular domain, the leader in question will step down first. INNOCENT OR NOT. The only thing I want to hear on Sunday is pastor announcing to the church that he is stepping down and not a single word more to sway the emotions of the congregation or encourage them to defend on social media or even any sermon from him. Someone else can take the word. TILL THIS WHOLE THING CLEARS AND WE CAN SEE ROAD!! But hey, Like I said, I know they will do the right thing. Now, ‘Should in case’ He doesn’t step down, or he preaches a sermon, or just maybe the church organisation does not know the right thing to do, then I am calling on all well meaning human beings, all well meaning Christians, truly called Pastors, to raise their voice on all social media platforms with this hashtag, #PastorStepDown and demand for the right procedure to be followed till the whole matter is resolved. On all social media platforms. I humbly implore ALL @cozaglobal members to watch the entire 4 parts of @busoladakolo account with a pure and human heart. Watch with the intention to listen. See the woman speaking. SEE HER. May we all operate in wisdom and love. Madness is not Nigeria’s surname. May Nigerians be free from slavery. The truth will stand up. By the way we need CAN and PFN to step into this matter. I believe these associations are regulatory bodies of Christian churches too. Please bring the table out in the open. #PastorStepDown

A post shared by Akah Nnani (@akahnnani) on Jun 29, 2019 at 12:08am PDT

 

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The law is in place for a reason. Till this issue is handled, till these allegations are investigated, till the law takes it’s full course, there should be no sermon on that pulpit from him. Someone else can preach for now. What is right is right. #PASTORSTEPDOWN

A post shared by Adesua Etomi-Wellington (@adesuaetomi) on Jun 29, 2019 at 1:42am PDT