{"id":647375,"date":"2019-06-29T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>Following the revelation made by Timi Dakolo\u2019s wife, Busola, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, of COZA raped her when she was 18, the pastor through the offical Instagram page of the church has said that he has never rape"},"modified":"2019-06-29T02:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T02:00:19","slug":"i-have-never-raped-before-not-even-as-an-unbeliever-pastor-biodun-fatoyinbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/29\/i-have-never-raped-before-not-even-as-an-unbeliever-pastor-biodun-fatoyinbo\/","title":{"rendered":"I have never raped before, not even as an unbeliever! &#8211; Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Following the revelation made by Timi Dakolo\u2019s wife, Busola, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, of COZA raped her when she was 18, the pastor through the offical Instagram page of the church has said that he has never raped anybody not even as an unbeliever.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1216495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1216495\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216495 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo\" width=\"588\" height=\"460\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-28-at-6.57.26-PM.png\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216495\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561773619_977_Screen-Shot-2019-06-28-at-6.57.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo\" width=\"588\" height=\"460\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1216495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pastor Biodun Fatoyinb said: \u201cI am aware that there has been a recent media publication on YouTube operated and owned by RED Media Group which shows an interview by Chude Jideonwo with Busola Dakolo.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to now, we had adhered to our policy of ignoring rumours from social media accounts as we knew that several statements had been made to extort the church of money and myself through blackmail, harassment and intimidation. We have refused time and again to accede to their request, which has infuriated them over time, because of this they have gotten more aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike previous statements where innuendos were used and there was no direct mention of myself or the Church, the recent video released on YouTube has now made direct criminal allegations against me in the interview granted by Busola Dakolo which are fallacious, non-existent and which are all denied in every measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an individual and as a Church, we love and support people and we would never condone any form of abuse, harassment, or intimidation of anyone. I have never in my life raped anybody, even as an unbeliever and I\u2019m absolutely innocent of this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/suNr64V4edg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusola Dakolo, who has made this false allegation and her family attended the church during the early start of the church in Ilorin in 1999. I never had any private interactions with her beyond my pastoral duties. Looking at her status and that of her husband, I am dumbfounded why she would say such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs expected under the ethics of Journalism, it would have been expected that I should be confronted with these false allegations prior to any publication, instead of resorting to the social media with the intent to ruin my reputation and bring down the church.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzQqv-CBmeV\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBusola Dakolo, who has made this false allegation and her family attended the church during the early start of the church in Ilorin in 1999. I never had any private interactions with her beyond my pastoral duties. Looking at her status and that of her husband, I am dumbfounded why she would say such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs expected under the ethics of Journalism, it would have been expected that I should be confronted with these false allegations prior to any publication, instead of resorting to the social media with the intent to ruin my reputation and bring down the church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also not stand for false criminal allegations made against me or the church. The leadership of the church and I have briefed our lawyers to commence criminal and civil actions against all individuals making such false allegations whether directly or by proxies.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\tjs.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=1281965775160257\";\n\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\/\/Facebook\n\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=513460408765074\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the revelation made by Timi Dakolo\u2019s wife, Busola, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, of COZA raped her when she was 18, the pastor through the offical Instagram page of the church has said that he has never raped anybody not even as an unbeliever. Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Pastor Biodun Fatoyinb said: \u201cI am aware that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2546,2547,737,2741,3313],"class_list":["post-647375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood","tag-biodun","tag-fatoyinbo","tag-pastor","tag-raped","tag-unbeliever"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I have never raped before, not even as an unbeliever! - Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/29\/i-have-never-raped-before-not-even-as-an-unbeliever-pastor-biodun-fatoyinbo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I have never raped before, not even as an unbeliever! - Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Following the revelation made by Timi Dakolo\u2019s wife, Busola, that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, of COZA raped her when she was 18, the pastor through the offical Instagram page of the church has said that he has never raped anybody not even as an unbeliever. 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