The Foursquare Gospel Church has suspended Dr Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, as one of its ministers.
Igbeneghu is indicted in a sexual harassment story/film released by BBC., in which the man is seen making amorous advances at a ‘prospective student’ of the University of Lagos.
While many Nigerians are enraged about the tale, the church noted in a statement released on Monday that it had distanced itself from him:
“The attention of the leadership of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has been drawn to a video clip trending on social media platforms titled, ‘Sex for grades: Undercover in West Africa Universities – BBC News’ wherein a lecturer at the University of Lagos named Boniface Igbeneghu, also described as a pastor in Foursquare Gospel Church, was allegedly involved in sexual misconduct with some female students of the university.
“The general public is hereby informed that as holiness and Bible-believing church, we do not condone such heinous and unscriptural acts among our ministers. We totally dissociate ourselves from the purported conduct of Dr Igbeneghu and promise to take appropriate measures as soon as the ongoing investigation is concluded.
“Meanwhile, the pastor in question has been asked to step down from all ministerial assignments.”
The statement was signed by the National Secretary of the church, Ikechukwu Ugbaja.
