Celestial Church Crisis Update: Oshoffa Family Rejects Tosho Oshoffa Leadership

Last week, Reverend Olatoso Oshoffa held a press conference where he formally announced his taking over the headship of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC).

But some immediate members of the late founder of the largest white garment church in Nigeria, Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) have come out to reject the leadership of the church under Reverend Olatoso Oshoffa despite the elders of the church asking all aggrieved parties to sheathe their swords.

Some children of Reverend Samuel Oshoffa having Senior Evangelist Ebenezer Oshoffa as their spokesperson said: “The family has always avoided public interference in the affairs of the Celestial Church of Christ, founded by our dear father. However, it has become imperative for us to speak out as a family because our son and brother, Senior Evangelist Olatoso oshoffa, is involved.”

He went further when he said: “Some self-centred elders of the church have found an avenue for vendetta by installing Olatoso Oshoffa with a lot of unwarranted fallacies. It should be known that the family did its best to stop recent happenings as we held meetings for peace and stability of the church and Olatoso was, among other things, asked to retrace his steps. Our loyalty remains with Reverend Mobiyina Oshoffa. Our dream is that of a unified CCC, the heritage of our late father, Reverend Samuel Oshoffa.”

The CCC and the children of the late founder of the church have been embroiled in a leadership tussle with Olatoso Oshoffa overtaking his elder brother, Reverend Mobiyina Oshoffa whom he served as a personal assistant until his ambition to take over the leadership of the church. This he achieved through a court judgment.

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Meanwhile the Board of Trustees (BOT) have also joined their voice with that of the Oshoffa family in calling for the resignation of Reverend Olatoso Oshoffa.

In a statement made available to Naij.com on Sunday, 28 June 2015, and signed by four principal members of the BOT –Sup. Evang. Bola Akinterinwa (Secretary), Sup. Evang. Pius Olanrewaju (Treasurer), Sup. Evang. John Omotosho (BOT Member) and Sup. Evang. Samson Banjo (BOT Member), it was insisted that Tosho is not the new pastor of the church.

Emmanuel Moyina Oshoffa

“We wish to make it crystal clear that the action of Senior Evangelist Tosho Oshoffa did not and does not receive the imagined or real approval and blessing of the Board of Trustees as corporate body acting on behalf of the Church or the Pastor-in-Council.

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“The Board of Trustees not only considers the action of Tosho a rebellion against constituted authority, but especially as an action aimed at causing chaos and disaffection in the Celestial Church of Christ as a whole. The self-declaration directly negates the High Court ruling and can constitute contempt of court,” the statement reads in part.

It further reads that the BOT is handling all matters affecting the church appropriately, so all “parishes are hereby advised to discountenance any publication, proclamation and/or directives that may be issued by Tosho.”

It will be recalled that ever since the demise of the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ, the church have been enmeshed in leadership tussle.

The Mobiyan/ Olatoso leadership tussle will not be the first the church will be having.

 

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