{"id":133083,"date":"2020-02-04T12:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=133083"},"modified":"2020-02-04T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:58:32","slug":"bishop-david-oyedepo-reacts-after-suicide-bomber-attempts-to-raze-down-kaduna-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/bishop-david-oyedepo-reacts-after-suicide-bomber-attempts-to-raze-down-kaduna-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop David Oyedepo Reacts After Suicide Bomber Attempts To Raze Down Kaduna Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of the Living Faith Worldwide, says over 10,000 members of his church are qualified to be president of Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 65-year-old clergyman disclosed this while speaking against citizens who \u201cclaim the nation\u201d as their own during his recent church service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, there are many people in his church who have the ability and experience it takes to lead Nigeria, only that they\u2019re not given a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not strangers. We\u2019re citizens of this country. There are more than ten thousand people in this church that qualify to be president by virtue of capacity, experience,\u201d the clergyman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026what have you? How dare you claim you own the nation. Cursed be that thought! We own this nation together. I\u2019m not an adopted citizen. I\u2019m born, bred, and original like many others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DOMI STREAM: COVENANT HOUR OF PRAYER  |  3RD, FEB. 2020\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUMvxToDfvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oyedepo recently made headlines after a series of news reports wrongly claimed that the US embassy denied him a visa renewal after he failed to meet the requirements for the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also in the news after dismissing an undisclosed number of officials for allegedly conniving to \u201cloot millions\u201d from his church\u2019s treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This had come after the clergyman was rumoured to have approved N650 million for road repairs in Ogun state in a move that caused intense hysteria among Nigerians on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/mikel-obi-suffers-racial-abuse-in-turkey\/\">MIKEL OBI SUFFERS RACIAL ABUSE IN TURKEY<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of the Living Faith Worldwide, says over 10,000 members of his church are qualified to be president of Nigeria. The 65-year-old clergyman disclosed this while speaking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[172,176,19572,11561,2309],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pastor-David-Oyedepo3.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114486,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/why-bishop-oyedepo-does-not-like-pres-buhari-what-he-has-against-him-revealed\/","url_meta":{"origin":133083,"position":0},"title":"Revealed! Why Bishop OYEDEPO Does Not Like Pres. 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