By Glam & Essence
The Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of David parish, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, who is also the head of the Apapa Family of the RCCG,has been suspended.
Pastor Iluyomade,who is fondly called PID,was said to have been suspended over the weekend,and it will be for three months.
The decision was said to have been reached by the church’s Governing Council,while a panel has also been set up to investigate some of the allegations leveled against him and the parish.
According to a source in the church,the decision to suspend Iluyomade was fueled by the public outcry following the extravagant birthday party his wife, Siju Iluyomade, threw shortly after the death of a prominent member of the church and former CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe.
Since the lavish 60th birthday he threw for his wife, Siji,Pastor Iluyomade has been under so much attacks from Nigerians,who mostly frowned at the timing of the party, which held just about a week after the unfortunate death of Herbert Wigwe,his wife and first son in a helicopter crash in the US.
The Wigwe family are strong members of the parish and had contributed immensely to the development of the church.
Many felt it was in bad taste that the Senior Pastor of his church was insensitive to the painful event,going on with his wife’s planned flamboyant birthday celebration.
Sources in the RCCG headquarters are alleging that the actions of the pastor and his wife had rubbed negatively on the church as a whole,especially as the pastor has shown no remorse for his decision.
Iluyomade has since been replaced by Pastor Charles Kpandei of RCCG Resurrection Parish of Region 11 of the church. Kpandei resumed at the City of David on Sunday, June 2,2024.
His arrival at the City of David to become the new pastor was said to have been met with a cold attitude from the congregation,who are used to their former senior pastor’s style of preaching.
Source: The Nation
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