Exclusive… State House Chaplain, Rev Femi Taiwo Sacked By Ambode Still Floating One Year After
The erstwhile chaplain of the chapel of Christ The light, a church owned by the Lagos State Government , Rev Femi Taiwo who was sacked by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on May 15 , 2017 because he allegedly failed to anoint Ambode’s wife before other parishioners is yet to get new parish one year after he was sacked and evicted from the state-owned vicarage(residence).
COMPLETE NEWS competently gathered that Rev Taiwo who is under the Anglican Communion now operates as an itinerant cleric preaching as guest minister in other churches without having a chapel he presides.
This medium gathered that due to the level of the sacked cleric in the Anglican communion, a suitable post he could occupy has been a herculean task for the Diocese. Rev Taiwo whom a source confirmed he is weathering the storm shuttles cities in southwest, like Abeokua, Offa and others for preaching engagements.
Recall that the nation was enraged over the sack of the cleric and the 24-hour eviction notice served on him by the government of Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos.
The evicted reverend got another accommodation and support from concerned parishioners when he was thrown out of his official apartment.
The church is under the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, while the Office of the Lagos State First Lady supervises church.
Church members were said to have filed out to receive anointing oil during the May 14, 2017 service without any preference given to Bolanle, who waited with her entourage.
Mrs Ambode was said to have later moved to be anointed and moments later, stormed out of the church, as some of the women leaders ran after her.
Bolanle, who was reported to be visibly angry, allegedly shunned entreaties from the women, which included the wife of the presiding chaplain. The cleric got the sack the following day.
The directive was issued in a letter dated, May 15, 2017, and signed by the Chairman, Governing Council of CCTL, Mr. Olugbenga Solomon.
The Governing Council asked the Assistant Chaplain, Very Rev. Ayo Oyadotun, to take over with immediate effect.
The Venerable is of African Church extraction and not Anglican. He has been graciously offered a suitable posting at the Ibadan Province of the African Church
under the able anointing and leadership the Most Revd. Julius Olayinka Abbe, the Archbishop of Ibadan Province.
Grateful for this piece of information that saves the general public from misinformation.
thank you for the information
Who is Bolanke Ambode, to think that a servant of the God Most high will preference her before God to whom every creation is the same me. It’s only in Nigeria do no bodies abuse their power, given by chance or obtained by money or cracked means. Shame to her and those that surround her to have fired the Clergy.
Were you there today when God appoints this Rev as his servant? Stop broadcasting what you are not sure of. However the First Lady should have cautioned him instead of sending him a sack letter. Our culture teaches us to respect our leaders. I think the Rev made a mistake not recognising the First Lady. It’s an insult on her too. State the fact and stop playing fools
Even in the church? We are talking about God’s house for heaven’s sake. Did you hear our Lord Jesus Christ giving preference to the rich and mighty of his time? In the house of GOD the greatest should be servant to others. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy,she didn’t show mercy to the man of God,now those bigger both her and her husband is not showing them mercy. God no small pikin abeg
With all due respect be properly guided Madam.If you really know your scriptures,you will not make such statement. Thanks Sixtus for your response to that.
You are a mad person with this your stupid statement? Izit in the house of the Lord that sh3 wantso to start claiming 1st lady? Thunder fire both of you.
Are implying that she’s bigger than the congregation?
That shows the level of pride and arrogance of the First Lady,the church of God is different from a political gathering where u have protocol for hierarchy, no one is bigger than God. I think what the First Lady needs here is humility. Pride comes before a fall.
It is this sort of thinking that is setting Nigerians backwards. In the West, leaders queue up for things. Being a leader requires having respect for the people you lead. I will talk about her disdain for God later. But for now I am saying, what kind of rubbish culture of respecting our leaders are you talking about? This is why Nigeria has become a shame and a laughing stock to the world. Do we know what respect entails? Is it in allowing you to jump queue? The Western world understands what true respect is. We, on the other hand, just pretend. In Canada, Justin Trudeau will line up in a queue to get Stampede Breakfast, or better still, he will serve the meal himself. Come see how our mayors volunteer at shelter homes. In UK, Theresa May will be foolish to jump a queue if they are receiving a service on a queue. It is in Nigeria that we will carry useless entourages to church and expect that God Himself will bow down to you, because you are what??? God sets up one and pulls down another easily. If the first lady understood that, she would have kept herself on that queue in humility. She no dey mess? Why she dey form? Shebi her husband has been removed from primaries now, her eye don clear. A wise woman builds her house but the foolish tears it down with her hands. SMH for Nigeria.
Stop ‘churching’ and have a real relationship with God, so that He can show you what true humility is.
It’s a pity in Nigeria were so religious that we seems to forget the laws laid down by our lord, the least amoung you shall be the greatest and who is she to think to think she the greatest
They were power drunk now the effect of the alcohol is gradually wearing off.
True servant of God works according to the Holy Spirit directive therefore no one should blame the Chaplin for obey the Holy Spirit that speaks out God mind.
God is fighting back
God at work now. Her husband running up and down for s cond term but will not get in only if she publicly apologize to the Rev Taiwo she and her husband humiliated and compensate him for all damages and etc. if not done worst judgement of God is still coming that they ( husband, wife and children) will not be able to bear.
Word of advise!!!
I believe what you said, no matter how much the people love you or how much you have helped the people. If you are not in God’s grace you will fail. Despite what he has achieved in Lagos he needs to know that it was the grace of God and not of his own doing.
I absolutely agree with you as 1 chronicles 16:22 says touch not my anointed and do my servant no harm. Ambode and Bolanle had touched God anointed and do harm to him now the God of vengeance who visit the iniquities of the father on the son and biasing the sin of the first generation on to the 4th is now fighting back.
King Ahab wants the vineyard. His wife killed the owner to get the vineyard for him thereby putting Ahab into total condemnation!
Our own Ambode should have caution her. Now i perssive no more state house for them except ticket is given for 2nd term as a result of Madams mistake.
Power pass power o.
Before God we are all the same. The Bible tells us that God is no respecter of persons. In spiritual matters God sees all men as having a soul and being equal. Getting anointed with oil before others is no ticket to heaven which is the ultimate goal of every true believer.
God bless you BAMIDELE IFENOWO!
Posing, and ‘prouding’, to receive anointing oil given by the God who teaches us to be humble… Hmm. Our priorities have been sooo misplaced. We are playing religion and ignoring Christlikeness?
The chaplalin saga:
This should not be a creteria to sack Ambode, afterall Afenifere group brought Tinubu to power. He betrayed all of them, and unconsciously send them to early grave.
Heaven did not fall.
If you’re truly a democrat let them do the normal delegate election, unlike this alien directly voting system, which is not in the APC constitution.
Anyway, I want Tinubu to refuse Ambode, ..lo ba tan.
Lagosians will now have a nice sleep and be singing “were lo ba wa se….”
I blamed the Church council that can not stand for the truth (God) but preferred to worship money (Ambode) tney are going to meet their judgment.
Yes idoko I agree with you the members does not stand on the
truth. It just a pity. Ambode Gbagbe ORI-SUN E NI, God is your foundation he should always respect his anointed one.
Every body shall stand be4 the judgment seat of Christ
I thank Bro. Kunle Jayesimi who had made the necessary corrections on the post which could be misleading to the public. However, I wish to state that Ven.Taiwo is quietly living his life and pursuing the goals that God has set before him. He should not be dragged into any political issue ongoing as both he and the African Church where he belonged to have put all the past issues behind them. They have all become history and we should allow it to be so. Thanks.
ARCHBISHOP ABBE.
Ibadan.
Anobikola I’m sure is not a christian. I wonder the kind of church she attends if she claims to be one. What a disgusting comment from her. Go learn how to be humble cos you’re not going your comment. God sees your likes from afar according to the Bible. Nonsense.
HMMM, what goes around comes around at times, we should have humilty in everything we do
For God’s sake these parishioners fasted with the priest to put a stop to sudden deaths that was ravaging the church. Did the first lady fast with them? So, anointing the parishioners first is not out of place. When the African Church leaders denied Priest Taiwo like Peter to our Lord JESUS CHRIST, In this case by preferring money to THE CROSS, I was not disappointed because it is written in HOSEA 4:6-9.I predicted what is happening to Mr & Mrs Ambode on the day this type 2 error was made. In my little knowledge of the BIBLE, no one offends GOD without serving punishment,though He forgive. yes, ask David- the man after God’s heart: hear God; “you slept with Uriah’s wife in the secret, people will sleep with yours in the open” and that “sword will not depart from your family”. Let us be careful with what we do with power and money, because there is always a judgement day. God bless NIGERIA and NIGERIANS IN JESUS’ MIGHTY NAME.
THE DEVINE REPLACEMENT?
HON. JIDE SAWON EKO.
Hmmmmmmmmmm. AMBODE 2nd term bid brought about the sacked priest saga which you all comment on as if you know where they started from and as if Mrs Bolanle Ambode is not an ordained priest while you kept on quoting “touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm” while some unscrupulous elements in the said church are behind the whole story, event and masterminded the event luring the said priest to be arrogant before the first family that loves you and your family and even send money to you aside your basic salary which the Church pays every month. Do you ever think it’s anointing that cursed the whole issue, don’t comment when you don’t have fact before you incur the wrath of God upon yourselves by using your hard earned money on social media subscription. Ask the priest what’s the matter, if he’s a real man of God he will tell the whole world.
In the history of the said church, there has never been a smooth level play in running the chapel as the one the said priest enjoyed. He confirmed it by saying “I have come to enjoy in the church, I’ve not come to work” because most tedious capital project has been done by the AMBODE administration, do you want to think of the Nissan Hummer bus given to the Women of the church or multi-million naira sound equipments in the church, renovation of offices and the priest House, tiling of the church, changing of the church seat from wood to cushion, just to mention a few, what he enjoys in the church, even his bishops don’t have that opportunity. When you are too comfortable you tend to abuse God or ask if truly God exist just because you are comfortable and have access to authority to query and dabble into the governors family private affairs.