MFM Disowns Pastor For Working ‘Deliverance Centre,’ Orders Probe

The pastor in query reportedly used his facility to detain and maintain folks hostage underneath the guise of conducting deliverance.

The Director of Administration, MFM, Akin Olawale, in a press release on Wednesday, revealed that the church management has directed the mentioned pastor to close down the unlawful facility and report back to the headquarters for additional actions.

He additionally revealed that the church had contacted regulation enforcement businesses to correctly handle the state of affairs.

He mentioned, “It got here to the discover of the management of the MFM on Tuesday (August 23, 2022) that a spot in Okija in Ihiala Native Authorities Space of Anambra State was allegedly getting used to detain, chain and maintain folks hostage in opposition to their will within the guise of conducting deliverance.

“We obtained the knowledge with a impolite shock as that’s fully alien to our follow all around the world. Though the alleged pastor is one in every of our pastors, the mentioned facility is a personal property of the pastor and his actions of conducting such sort of deliverance are neither with the information nor approval of the church management.

“In his response to our preliminary investigation, the pastor claims the respective candidates who have been being delivered to him for prayer in opposition to psychological ailment and drug habit normally have their guardians to signal an enterprise for them.”