{"id":323678,"date":"2011-03-20T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/gks-president-aighalua-removed\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:23:00","slug":"gks-president-aighalua-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/gks-president-aighalua-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"GKS President, Aighalua, removed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The President of God\u2019s Kingdom Society (GKS) Warri, Brother Emmanuel Aighalua, has been removed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He was removed yesterday by the Church\u2019s Council of Minister, which found him guilty of grave allegations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An impeccable source in the church confirmed the development last night in a phone interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said Aighalua, who was installed as the third president of the church on September 1, 2001, was removed for bringing the church into disrepute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawyer-turned-preacher, sources said, was found guilty of dictatorial tendencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A source said: \u2018\u2019He ran the church as if it is his personal empire. He was a one-man army, doing everything on his own without carrying the general church along.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Whatever he wanted stayed and what he did not want was not allowed. The man was a real dictator and the council could no tolerate him\u2019\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aighalua, it was learnt, was also accused of leaving the country for many months sometimes last year without clearance from relevant church\u2019s authorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The foreign trips allegedly took him to America and many European countries with the Nigeria\u2019s church left without leadership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019What was he doing out there for many months, leaving the flock here without a shepherd? That was a needless trip for personal comfort at the detriment of the church,\u2019\u2019 another source informed yesterday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Council found the trips worthless to the church\u2019s interest and discovered several millions were squandered in the process, it was gathered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The council, it was further learnt, also faulted Aighalua\u2019s amendment of the church\u2019s constitution without due process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The amendment, sources said, was carried out to fortify the former president\u2019s grip in the church and prevent being checked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ministers reportedly expressed serious protestations for Aighalua\u2019s audacity to tinker with the church\u2019s constitution without laid down procedures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019The new amendment places him high above every scrutiny and check. It was a clever manoevuring to shortchange everyone else and we were really incensed about it,\u2019\u2019 a prominent Minister informed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the council found Aighalua\u2019s explanations terribly untenable and faulty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aighalua, it was also learnt, bought Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) sometimes last year with church\u2019s funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When confronted over the acquisition, he allegedly lied the vehicles were donated by the Saint Paul society, a prominent group in the church.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources said tensions have been building in the church over all these allegations in the last few months, which Aighalua has been working to douse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He reportedly reached out to powerful forces in the church that could not prevent his removal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last straw that broke the camel\u2019s back, sources said, was the case of a female member of the church who was impregnated last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aighalua, who is her mentor, allegedly refused to discipline or ex-communicate the lady according to church\u2019s rules and regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That inaction, it was learnt, set the ball rolling for the council of ministers to put paid to Aighalua\u2019s reign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Impeccable sources said his removal, which is being kept under wraps, will be announced today at branches of the church worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Checks revealed Lagos branches of the church will hold a combined service today for the announcement, which is bound to generate ripples among millions of the church\u2019s members. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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