{"id":647232,"date":"2019-06-28T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The Senior Pastor of Common Wealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has reacted to reports that he raped Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian musician, Timi Dakolo.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he released online, the cleric deni"},"modified":"2019-06-28T18:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:17:01","slug":"coza-pastor-biodun-fatoyinbo-breaks-silence-on-busola-dakolos-rape-allegations-full-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/coza-pastor-biodun-fatoyinbo-breaks-silence-on-busola-dakolos-rape-allegations-full-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo breaks silence on Busola Dakolo&#8217;s rape allegations [Full statement]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The Senior Pastor of Common Wealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has reacted to reports that he raped Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian musician, Timi Dakolo.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he released online, the cleric denied ever raping the woman.<\/p>\n<p>Fatoyinbo admitted that Busola Dakolo and her family \u201cattended the church during the early start of the church in 1999\u201d, but claims he \u201cnever had any private interactions with her beyond my pastoral duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further insisted: \u201cI have never raped before, not even as an unbeliever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fatoyinbo also threatened legal action against the Dakolos and RED Media, owners of Y! Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy lawyers have been briefed to commence criminal and civil actions against all individuals making such false allegations whether directly or by proxies,\u201d the pastor warned.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, \u201cthis has always been intended to attack the church; this is the intent of the adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the statement below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692521 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Biodun-Fatoyinbo-st-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"522\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692520 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Biodun-Fatoyinbo-st2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"595\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"7d7b1e8ff2c8b7129bb46d8d-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=420332301344305&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script type=\"7d7b1e8ff2c8b7129bb46d8d-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=181005951975036&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senior Pastor of Common Wealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has reacted to reports that he raped Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian musician, Timi Dakolo. 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