{"id":648309,"date":"2019-07-01T19:28:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>Veteran comedian and social commentator, Alibaba has called out prominent pastors for keeping mute over the rape allegations levied agaisnst Biodun Fatoyinbo, pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA).<\/p>\n<p"},"modified":"2019-07-01T19:28:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:28:40","slug":"coza-comedian-alibaba-slams-pastors-for-keeping-silent-over-rape-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/coza-comedian-alibaba-slams-pastors-for-keeping-silent-over-rape-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"COZA: Comedian, Alibaba slams pastors for keeping silent over rape allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Veteran comedian and social commentator, Alibaba has called out prominent pastors for keeping mute over the rape allegations levied agaisnst Biodun Fatoyinbo, pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA).<\/p>\n<p>Fatoyinbo, who has stepped down, was accused by Busola Dakolo of raping her as a teenager causing wild outrage on and off social media.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1216495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1216495\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216495 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"Fatoyinbo, COZA\" width=\"588\" height=\"460\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/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\/07\/1562009320_796_Screen-Shot-2019-06-28-at-6.57.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Fatoyinbo, COZA\" 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>Despite the various comments on the issue, pastors of prominent Nigerian churches are yet to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba noted that the case would have been different if it was about members of the church and not a fellow pastor.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote @alibabacfr on Instagram, \u201cWhen it comes to preaching against what members of the congregations are doing wrong, its in Vol 1, 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFornication, smoking, indecent dressing, drinking, night clubbing, polygamy, divorce, robbery, domestic violence, terrorism, being stingy, racism, corruption, greed, homosexuality, adultery, mixing with bad gang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut touch, not the Lord\u2019s anointed and do my profits no harm,\u201d Alibaba said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that although Fatoyinbo denied the allegations, he stepped down on Monday following peaceful protests at COZA branches in Lagos and Abuja on Sunday.<\/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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran comedian and social commentator, Alibaba has called out prominent pastors for keeping mute over the rape allegations levied agaisnst Biodun Fatoyinbo, pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). 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