COZA’s Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals Reason For Absence At PFN Panel
Looks like it’s not over yet! Just when Nigerians think the Biodun-Dakolo drama had ended, this one happens.
Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has opened up on the reason why he ignored the call of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to probe further into the rape allegations leveled against him by popular photographer, Busola Dakola.
It was reported that Fatoyinbo was invited alongside Timi Dakolo and his wife, Busola by PFN executives on Friday August 23, 2019, but the Senior Pastor refused to show up.
Pastor Biodun has now spoken through his senior assistant, Ademola Adetuberu, to address the issue which happened few days ago.
Adetuberu disclosed that Fatoyinbo is only yielding to the advice of his legal advisers who asked him not to appear before the panel because it was prejudiced.
He made it clear that PFN had already taken a stand in support of Busola before now, and the panel session would obviously not have been conducted fairly.
He said: “We recall that when Pastor Fatoyinbo was invited by a phone call a few days ago by Pastor Akinola Akinwale, who is the National Administrative Secretary of PFN, we explained that our pastor would not honour the invitation due to legal advice hinged on the ongoing police investigation.”
“The legal advice was also premised on the press statement issued and personally signed by the PFN President, Bishop Felix Omobude, where our pastor was publicly disowned.”
“Based on the foregoing, we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the PFN was already prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session,” he added.
Although the pastor said he did not get a written invitation by the panel, he made it clear that he would only appear before the panel after the police had concluded investigations into the rape allegations.
