RCCG suspends City of David’s pastor, Iluyomade

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has reportedly suspended Idowu Iluyomade, the Senior Pastor of the City of David parish, a subdivision of the religion situated connected the Island successful Lagos state.

Iluyomade was said to person been suspended by the Governing Council of the religion implicit the play with his suspension acceptable to tally for 3 months.

According to the report, a sheet has besides been acceptable up to analyse immoderate of the allegations made against Iluyomade and the City of David parish.

“A apical pastor successful the religion said the determination to suspend Iluyomade was a effect to the nationalist outcry against the extravagant day enactment of his woman soon aft the decease of erstwhile CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe,” the study work successful part.

Iluyomade who is besides the caput of the Apapa Family of the RCCG had thrown up a lavish enactment successful the United Kingdom (UK) to observe his wife, Siji Iluyomade’s 60th day successful February 2024.

The day enactment was organised lone 1 week aft the tragic demise of Wigwe, his wife, his lad and 1 different idiosyncratic successful a chopper clang successful the United States of America (US) connected February 9.

Meanwhile, the embattled Iluyomade has been replaced arsenic the City of David’s pastor with Pastor Charles Kpandei of RCCG Resurrection Parish of Region 11 taking implicit from him.

“Those successful the City of David had been expecting Pastor Kpandei. Some apical RCCG officials had to conscionable with immoderate apical radical successful the parish and confided successful them that Pastor Idowu would person to beryllium removed from the parish,” the study added.

“They needed to get the assurance of these apical radical due to the fact that of the large power of Pastor Iluyomade successful the parish. The RCCG was not definite of the result of its move, truthful it had to beryllium discreet. He whitethorn not beryllium returned to the parish aft the suspension.

“We person conscionable 3 months to the convention. It whitethorn beryllium a mode of taking him distant from the spot permanently. He has spent galore years successful that parish. He needed to beryllium moved.”

According to the report, it was not the wide overseer of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye that suspended Iluyomade but the governing assembly of the religion made the decision.