A United
Kingdom-based Nigerian, Ayadi Moniaye, has accused the Jubilee Parish of
the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Manchester of turning his
ex-wife against him,a move which eventually ended their marriage.
Moniaye, who said he got married to his wife in 2000, said the marriage packed up in 2009 after years of domestic violence.
The father of
three alleged that a group in the parish taught women how to get the
support of the UK immigration policy by abusing their spouses.
He said,
“Nigerian women in the UK were brainwashed by the group to abuse their
husbands so they can claim their husbands’ property and exploit the UK
immigration policy to their advantage.
“I challenged
the church, telling the coordinators of the programme that the Bible did
not support such practice. Unknown to me, my wife was part of it.”
He said his wife assaulted him on many occasions, but he did not retaliate which got her frustrated.
Moniaye said,
“On one of such occasions, she injured me. She later called the police
to drive me out of the house. When the police got to our home, they met
the children around me, consoling me, and because of what they saw, they
could not drive me out of the house.
“After series of such unprovoked attacks, my wife admitted that she was maltreating me to get me out of the house.”
Moniaye showed
Punch documents detailing his ordeals in the UK, including an alleged
accusation by his wife that he was mentally unstable.
The allegation
of mental instability was, however, rejected by a document dated June,
2010 and issued by one Dr R.A. Jones of Manchester Mental Health.
Moniaye told
disclosed that although he had been separated from his wife, he was
concerned about the negative impression such incidents were creating for
Nigerians.
He said all
efforts to get the matter to the attention of the General Overseer of
the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had been rebuffed by protocol
officers.
“I am deeply
concerned about the way women are portraying the image of this country
to the outside world. And it is unfortunate that the church would be
used as a platform for this. My concern is how we can correct this
impression,” he added.
Contacted through its official telephone lines an official of the church said that the pastor would not respond to the allegation.
The official,
who did not give his name, said, “I can tell you that the pastor will
not want to talk about it. But I appreciate the call and will pass your
message across to him.”
Punch was directed from the national
headquarters of the RCCG at Oyingbo, Lagos to the Redemption Camp on
the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,saying matters of such magnitude were
usually addressed there.
The Chief Legal
Officer, Pastor Ayodele Oladeji said, “Yes, a letter has been received
at our office here, written by Moniaye, requesting to see Daddy G.O.,
and we are treating it.
“I want to
assure you that even those who write to Daddy G.O. on ordinary piece of
paper receive attention. We will investigate this and know what
happened.We have all the documents which Moniaye has submitted to us. He
will get a redress of his case with a little patience. We ourselves
could feel his pulse with facts on the documents. But you know for now
it is still one sided until we get the other side (from the UK church).
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I think his church's hierarchy in Nigeria and England took advantage of
him, probably wrecked his marriage and are ignoring him. From looking
at his Twitter page, seems he's been on the quest for justice for at
least 12 months. Seems his Naija wife used him to obtain visa / stay /
passport, then, stitched him up, took his children, took his possessions
/ house, and the church and his ex wife ganged up on him and smeared
that he was insane, etc. With more publicity, he could get closure /
resolution / justice.
From the info
from Google search, in about 2010, he was a PhD student at Manchester
University's Manchester Business School. From the info on LinkedIn, he
is currently a lecturer at University of Manchester, Manchester, United
Kingdom.
His last tweet was in 2013. He tried to contact his church leaders in Nigeria, but they blanked him - https://twitter.com/moniaye2000/with_replies
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