Arson At Celestial Church Ajah, How Pro. Kingsley Gave A Prophetic Warning About the Incident…
Its no longer news that tragedy struck at the Celestial Church, CCC Overcomers Parish, Oke-Ira Nla, Ajah, Lagos, which almost claimed the life of the Shepherd, Venerable Superior Evangelist [Prophet] James Aso and his assistant, Senior Evangelist Ayotunde Oladipupo.
However, the investigation revealed that on the 20th of May,2023. Popular Prophet Kingsley Aitafo gave a prophetic warning about the unfortunate incident. In the prophetic warning, he said he saw the gathering of youths, but it was a church thing, they were crying bitterly because of what happened.
While reacting to the unfortunate incident, he stated that Nobody can tarnish the image of the celestial church of Christ. Many bloggers are coming out to write against the church. Jesus Christ told me by grace about the incident on May 20TH. Celestial Church of Christ is a Church where we preach salvation. And the devil knows that the mandate is real so he is trying his best to destroy the mandate. But the Goodnews is that in Ecc 3 vs 14, the Bible said whatsoever God doeth is forever. The name celestial church of Christ can’t be tarnished. We will implore the Nigerian police to come out and clarify what really happened. But the truth remains this church is a church of Christ and was founded on the blood of Jesus Christ. The celestial church will never be involved or condole any act of the devil. Jesus Christ is real in the celestial and he works wonders in the celestial church. And we should implore all bloggers and writers to be patient. Let’s hear from the Nigerian police because it is dangerous to fight against God. Nobody can fight the church of Jesus Christ, if you want to tarnish the image of the celestial you are fighting Jesus Christ directly. We know we have many people bastardizing the name of the church but the truth is none of them will go unpunished. Let’s keep our fingers crossed till we know the final outcome but the truth remains that the celestial church of Christ is a church of Christ.
It would be recalled that the parish was burned down by an angry mob that also broke in and stole church equipment and valuables, while the New Moon Service of Thursday, 1st June 2023. The arson was triggered by the death of a Hausa man named Dogo who was contracted to evacuate the overflowing soak-away in the church premises. The deceased Hausa man also doubles as an Okada rider in the neighborhood.
However, contrary to the false narrative making the rounds that the Parish was burnt because the deceased’s body was mutilated and human parts removed for rituals. Below are authenticated truths as confirmed by the police, parishioners, non-Hausa neighbours, and the official media spokesman of the Celestial Church of Christ, Superior Evangelist Kayode Ajala.
The Facts:
– The deceased Hausa man known as Dogo was quite popular in the neighborhood and was known for the job of evacuating overflowing soak–aways. He also doubled as an Okada rider and it wasn’t the first time the parish had paid him for such jobs. This time, he was actually paid for the job three days before the unfortunate incident.
– Dogo himself chose to do the job on the night of Thursday, 1st June, 2023. This was while the New Moon Service was in progress and the Parish Shepherd in Charge of the Parish, VSE Aso James, was busy in the inner altar as he was the Service Conductor.
– While carrying out the job he was paid for, Dogo slipped and fell into the soak-away.
– The Assistant Shepherd of the Parish, Senior Evangelist Ayotunde Oladipupo, who was supervising Dogo’s work immediately tried to rescue Dogo and in the process, he also fell into the soak-away.
– Church members alerted by the shouts for help abandoned the Service and began a rescue operation for the two people that had fallen into the soak-away. The lifeless body of Dogo was eventually brought out, while the unconscious body of Oladipupo was also brought out of the soak-away. Both of them were rushed to the hospital where the lifeless body of Dogo was pronounced dead.
– The family of the deceased Hausa man, Dogo, took custody of his remains with all parts of the body intact.
– The Police also attest that no part of Dogo’s body was tampered with.
– The arson at the Overcomers Parish was carried out by an angry mob primarily made up of ‘area boys’ and Okada riders who also attacked the Shepherd of the Parish, VSE Aso James, and inflicted grievous bodily harm on him.
The Hausas in the neighbourhood are doing a house-to-house search, on a reprisal attack, looking for Celestial Church members with the intention to harm them. Many C.C.C. members in the neighbourhood have since abandoned their homes and gone into hiding.
– VSE James Aso (Shepherd) and Senior Evangelist Ayotunde Oladipupo (Assistant Shepherd) are presently hospitalized and in critical condition.
Members of the public should disregard any other narrative meant to tarnish the name and image of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide.
The Celestial Church of Christ is a Bible-believing church focussed on evangelizing the world through the proclamation of the word – the good news of the Messiah Jesus Christ and of the Kingdom of God; in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, proclaiming deliverance to those bound by the shackles of Satan, healing the broken-hearted, the sick, the deformed, restoring hope to the hopeless and those who are bound.
