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Just In: Bishop Oyedepo’s Pastor Brother Allegedly Assults Member, Hired Soldiers To Beat Member Up

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6 years ago

March 10, 2020

… Members Want Bishop Oyedepo’s Intervention

A resident pastor of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Uwasota Branch, Benin, Gideon Oyedepo, has reportedly assulted a member of the church by hiring soldiers to beat him up after slapping him (member)

The member, Nosa Aigbogun, who was hospitalized as at when INFO DAILY visited disclosed that trouble started when technical unit meeting of the church was convened and he (Pastor) came to announce the dissolution of the unit without reason and thereafter threatened that anyone who dares him or crosses his path he was going to crush.

Aigbogun said he rised to make an observation regarding the dissolution but pastor Oyedepo shut him and started calling him bastard, devil, claiming that he (Aigbogun) kept the church microphone to himself for a year and two months and that this denied him (Pastor Oyedepo) to use the microphone for the period.

He said while lying in his hospital bay, “Yesterday after church service we had unit meeting. Our pastor, Gideon Oyedepo, a younger brother to Bishop Oyedepo started telling us that he has dessolved the unit (technical unit) and that no one should dare to go to studio. He warned us that anyone that crosses his path he will crush. That no one should try to near him or try him, that he will crush such person.

“So, I made an observation on him dessolving the unit but he shut me up and said you, you bastard, devil. That I kept the church mic to myself for a year and two months without letting him to see mic to use. He then moved closer to me and gave me hot slap for no reason in a hot afternoon, and he was about slapping me for the second time but I blocked him and the church security too prevented him.

The assulted member of Winners Chapel, Benin, Nosa Aigbogun receiviing treatment when Info Daily visited the hospital on Monday

“This made my friends in the church to be angry and they started scattering everywhere inside the church. After all these, people pleaded to me and my friends to leave and forget about everything.”

According to Aigbogun, he came to meet his lawyer friend to inquire the legal step to take regarding the assult the next day (Monday) when this his same friend, where they were standing, alerted him that Pastor Oyedepo’s Personal Assistant (name withheld) was coming with soldiers.

He said he ran inside somewhere to hide but the soldiers came to his friend and asked after him and where he (Aigbogun) reside but his friend refused to disclosed where he was, so Oyedepo’s P.A. started searching for him and eventually found him.

He disclosed that the P.A., on sighting him, pointed at him and the four soldiers rough handled him by asking him to follow them which he refused and they started beating him, claiming that he (Aigbogun) had the boldness to slap a pastor.

“Today I went to meet my lawyer friend to ask the best legal action to take against the assult melted on me, and as we were talking about this, he (my lawyer friend) just alerted me that I should hide that soldiers are approaching with with Oyedepo’s PA. So I went to hide inside one place. As they got to my friend, I overheard them asking where I stay.

“I then overheard the P.A. saying Aigbogun must be here. He started searching for me and eventually when he found me, he alerted the soldiers that they should come and they came. And as they came, they asked me that so I had the boldness to slap a pastor but I told them I didn’t slap pastor. They said I should follow them to Barracks but I asked them which of the Barracks, and one of them said S & T Barracks.

“I said they should wait that I want to inform my people and that after that I will follow them. That was how one of them slapped me by saying how dare I have the boldness to ask them question that can’t I see they are soldiers. One of them then said ‘now we are not going to S. T. barracks but hell! I said then said if that should be the case I am not ready to go to hell. They started beating me with fanbelt and injured me”, he added.

He said the pastor is foud of slapping members in the church, adding that this same pastor slapped a member four times in the church January this year for no cause.

While disclosing that his friends and associates have reported the case to police, Aigbogun pleaded to Bishop Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church to intervene before his blood brother ruin the branch of the church.

Calls put across several times to Pastor Oyedepo were picked. He his wife later picked and asked INFO DAILY to call back the day.

Calls in the next day were not picked which made INFO DAILY to send sms to the pastor but as at the time of publishing this story, no reply even after waiting for several hours.

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Nigerian Army Suspends Statutory, Voluntary Retirement For Specific Officers

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11 hours ago

December 7, 2025

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The Nigerian Army has announced the indefinite suspension of all statutory and voluntary retirements for specific categories of officers.

According to an internal memo dated 3 December 2025, signed by Major General E. I. Okoro on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, this is in response to the nationwide security emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu.

Okoro explained that the measure is intended to preserve manpower, expertise, and operational readiness while the Armed Forces rapidly expand to tackle the escalating insecurity across Nigeria.

Citing the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers (HTACOS) 2024, the document pointed out that officers normally retire upon reaching the prescribed age for their rank, completing 35 years of service, or after repeated failures in promotion or conversion processes.

However, Paragraph 3.10(e) permits service extensions when it is in the interest of the military.

“Military service of a commissioned officer entails a period of unbroken service in the AFN from the date of enlistment or commissioning to the date of retirement. The period of service is determined by conditions enshrined in the HTACOS Officers 2024. These include attainment of age ceilings on various ranks, 35 years maximum length of service, and other criteria provided in Paragraphs 11.02(d) and 17.15, among extant regulations,” the memo partly read.

“Notwithstanding these provisions, Chapter 3.10(e) of HTACOS Officers 2024 allows for extension of service to officers in the interest of the service.

“The President and Commander-in-Chief declared a nationwide security emergency on November 26, mandating the expansion of the AFN and other security agencies. In line with this, and to rapidly expand manpower, it has become expedient to temporarily suspend all statutory and voluntary retirements from the Nigerian Army with immediate effect.”

According to the memo, the suspension affects Army officers in the following categories: Those who have failed promotion examinations three times, those passed over for promotion three times, those who have reached the age ceiling for their current rank, those who have failed conversion boards three times and those who have completed 35 years of service.

It explained that affected officers who wish to remain in service may apply for an extension beyond their original retirement dates.

However, the memo clarified that: “Officers in these categories who are not interested in extension of service are to continue with the normal retirement procedure. Officers desirous of extension should note that upon extension, they are not eligible for career progression, including promotion, career courses, NA sponsorship, self-sponsored courses, secondment, or extra-regimental appointments.”

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NDLEA Seizes 7.6m Tramadol Pills, 76,273kg Cannabis In Nationwide Raids

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12 hours ago

December 7, 2025

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the seizure of more than 7.6 million tramadol pills and 76,273 kilograms of cannabis strains in coordinated operations across several states, with multiple suspects arrested.

According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the seizures were made during intelligence-led raids between 1 and 6 December.

In Delta State, operatives recovered 3,874,000 tramadol pills and 252.2 litres of codeine syrup from a warehouse at Oko market, Asaba. In Imo State, 1.2 million tramadol tablets were intercepted from a vehicle driven by 35-year-old Kelechi Nwakocha along the Onitsha-Owerri road.

In Adamawa, officers stopped a Toyota Hiace bus travelling from Jos to Mubi with 1,577,112 capsules of tramadol and exol-5 tablets concealed in jumbo bags mixed with footwear. Two suspects, Kabiru Buba, 25, and Hamza Abubakar, 32, were arrested. Another suspect, Mudansir Rabiu, 27, was apprehended in Kano with 197,000 exol-5 pills.

In Ekiti, NDLEA destroyed 14,654 kilograms of skunk in Omuo forest and 54,300 kilograms in warehouses at Asin-Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the operations. In Ondo, 5,442 kilograms of skunk were seized in Igoba forest, Akure North, with five suspects taken into custody.

Further arrests were made in Niger State, where 500 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a van along Mokwa-Jebba road, and in Abuja, where 22 kilograms of synthetic cannabis known as Colorado were intercepted at Abaji expressway. A follow-up operation at Jabi park led to the arrest of a female receiver, Ali Blessing, 33. Another suspect, Aliyu Usman, 39, was arrested with 24 kilograms of skunk and 573,500 exol-5 pills along Kwali-Gwagwalada expressway.

In Lagos, 113 kilograms of Canadian Loud were recovered from Ezenwa Udoka at Ladipo market, while Izuchukwu Usulor was arrested with 351 kilograms of skunk in Onipanu. Susan Okoro was also arrested with 104.1 kilograms at Trade Fair complex, Ojo. In Edo, 447.5 kilograms of skunk were seized from two vehicles in Agho forest, Akoko Edo, and 315.8 kilograms were recovered from a warehouse in Isiefve community, Ohuwunde Local Government Area.

The Agency confirmed that sensitisation activities under its War Against Drug Abuse initiative continued during the week in schools, worship centres and communities across Kano, Benue and Rivers States.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers involved.

“Their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts, are well appreciated,” he said.
The Agency stated that investigations are ongoing and suspects will be prosecuted accordingly.