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‘CAN Doesn’t Regulate Churches’ – Christian Body Reacts To Biodun Fatoyinbo Rape Allegation

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The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has issued a statement in response to calls for it to take action against Biodun Fatoyinbo, the senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Church, COZA, over the most recent rape allegations against the flamboyant church leader.

In a statement, Supo Ayokunle, the president of CAN, on Saturday, June 29, 2019 said the body doesn’t regulate how pastors function their churches and that the body manages the relationship between the Christians of Nigeria and the government.

Mr. Fatoyinbo is facing a fresh wave of rape allegations which was ignited by the testimony of Busola Dakolo, wife of Timi Dakolo, a soul singer and songwriter, who told YNaija in an exclusive interview that the COZA founder raped her in her mother’s house when she was 16 years old.

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Following a social media outcry, Fatoyinbo denied the allegation and threatened criminal and civil action against his accusers.

Pastor Oladeji Adebayo, the special assistant on media and communications to the CAN president, in an interview with Telegraph, said that CAN doesn’t regulates how pastors operate and it doesn’t regulate how churches work.

“I’m sorry CAN doesn’t intervene in how churches are working,” he is quoted as saying. “Churches belong to denominations and these are the two bodies that regulate how pastors run their ministries, not CAN.”

“CAN offers with intra-religious issues and stands between the church and the federal government,” he said.

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