Publisher of End-Time, Mr David Lucas, has pleaded for forgiveness from the top Nigerian pastors that he allegedly libelled in his journal.

Publisher of End-Time, Mr David Lucas, has pleaded for forgiveness from the top Nigerian pastors that he allegedly libelled in his journal.
He owned up before journalists on Friday evening that the stories published in his journal about the top men of God were untrue.
He stressed that he verified the stories after they were published and found them untrue.

Lucas was said to have been arrested by the men of the Lagos State Police Command last Thursday and was taken to Idimu Police Station in Lagos for investigation.

The Christian leaders he had allegedly libelled include: Apostle Timothy Obadare of the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry (WOSEM), Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara of the Christ Apostolic Church, Agbala Itura, Ibadan.

Also, Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (Winners’ Chapel), Apostle Taiwo Adenuga of the Faith Revival Apostolic Church (FRAC)/Apostle Paul Gospel Outreach, Reverend Obiora Ezekiel of the Christ Pentecostal Mission, Lagos, Reverend Daniel Kayode Olukoya of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries were allegedly libelled in the journal.

The list also included Prophet Elijah Akinade of CAC, Lion of Judah, Prophet Temitope Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Christ Embassy and Pastor Funmilade Joel (Baba Sekunderin)

Lucas, according to the journal, accused Prophet Abiara of killing his junior pastor, hiding a mistress and two kids in America. While the journal said Bishop Oyedepo impregnated two choristers in his church, it claimed that Apostle Obadare died and saw Late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya in hell. The journal also reported that some RCCG pastors plotted against Pastor Adeboye, go for juju and occult power.

Pastor Paul Obadare, who is the General Overseer of WOSEM in America and Europe in an interview with Daily Sun expressed shock over the publication against his father and described it as a fallacy. “The issue that as to whether he died or he saw Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, all that were just fallacy. They were not true. To a large extent, I see it as a distraction, which was intended to do an incalculable harm to the body of Christ. My father did not die. He’s doing fine. He’s with his children in the United States and they’re taking care of him. Very soon, he will return to Nigeria,” he asserted.

In a telephone conversation with Prophet Abiara, Lucas declared that he had found out the story he published about the man of God was not real. He apologized and pleaded for forgiveness. Abiara asked: “Before you published that evil reports, you should have asked me whether the information was real or not. When Jesus Christ was accused of using evil spirit to do miracles, he told them that all sins shall be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven in this world and the one to come. With your negative stories about Oyedepo and other ministers of God, do you know that you have sinned against the Holy Spirit?”

In his response, Lucas profusely pleaded for forgiveness from all the ministers of God he had allegedly libelled. Majority of the stories, he confessed, stemmed out from various interviews with one Evangelist Isunola Odewale. He stated that other stories were culled out from the other soft sell magazines.
Abiara, however, demanded a public apology from Lucas on the stories he had published in his journal against Abiara, Adeboye, Oyedepo, Obadare and other Shepherds.

Apostle Taiwo Adenuga who earlier addressed a press conference on the negative reports about top pastors in Nigeria described the publications as mischievous. He explained that reported the publisher at Idimu Police Station based on his ‘libellous stories’ against Christian leaders. The police, he disclosed, arrested the publisher last Thursday. He also told newsmen that the police have arrested the Evangelist, Isunola Odewale, whom the publisher claimed he interviewed for investigation.

When contacted on phone, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos State Command, Mr. Frank Mbah, said he was not aware of the arrest, adding that he would make enquiries. Adenuga said: “I suspect that some people are behind the publications to tear Christendom apart. They are doing all these in order to make many Christians who have not stood firm in Christianity to backslide.”

“As a child of God that wants peace for this nation, born of God and not by tribe or denomination, I cannot open my eyes and see the Kingdom of God depopulated through this unethical and ungodly publications. “You will agree with me that the ethics of journalism stipulate objectivity, accuracy and balance. The publisher of the journal in question has failed to balance his reports because he did not hear from the pastors he accused before he went to the press. We will not kill him but we are going to save his life.”