Is Kumuyi daring Radio Biafra and IPOB with his planned crusade in Aba?

Is Kumuyi daring Radio Biafra and IPOB by his planned crusade in Aba?

The General Superinten­dent of the Deeper Christian Life Minis­try Worldwide, Pastor Wil­liams Folarunsho Kumuyi  may be daring Radio Biafra and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) with his planned visit to Aba. Kumuyi is reportedly planning to hold a crusade in Aba from June 30.

Disclosing this at the Deeper Life campground in Aba, Abia state, Overseer of Deeper Life, Pastor Damian C. Umeh said the crusades would take place in eight locations in the state from June 30 to July 5, 2015.

However, Kumuyi may be on a collision course with the IPOB who see Yoruba-based Pentecostal churches as money-making organisations used to siphon money from Biafrans. Furthermore recent xenophobic attacks of Biafrans by the Yoruba's has deteriorated the relationship between Biafrans and Yorubas.

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Kumuyi's choice of crusade ground is quite significant. He may be directly challenging the IPOB. Biafrans recently held an earth-shaking memorial ceremony for Biafran fallen heroes in Aba. Kumuyi's visit on the same halowed grounds of Aba is being perceived as an attempt to defile Biafrans. Already Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra has called for the boycott of the crusades.

Kumuyi's hard-line strict restrictions of the members of his church to shun materialism was brought to ridicule when his son heading a branch of his church in Jamaica went contrary to to the churches dictates during his wedding. 

Kumuyi's second son, John, and his wife Love wedded in Jamaica on June 15th, 2013 and the wife, Love, decked in attire different from the acceptable standard set for Deeper Life members by the church - a simple white cotton dress with no accessory, and makeup free.

Kumuyi's hard-line strict restrictions of the members of his church to shun materialism was brought to ridicule when his son heading a branch of his church in Jamaica went contrary to to the churches dictates during his wedding. 

Love was dressed in a fitted Cinderella wedding gown with a see through sleeves, wore a makeup, jewelry, and a bouquet of flower, and a huge throat-dripping cake. The couple also drove home in a limousine!

These generated myriad of controversies on social media, and criticism especially from the members of the church.

According to Umeh, the arrangement of bringing the crusades to ev­erybody’s neighbourhood  was a departure from the past when the crusade was held only in a location and it was aimed at making it easy for people to go and receive God’s word, power, salva­tion, healing and visitations.

Describing Pastor Ku­muyi as a man God has used in many parts of the world and Nigeria in particular to bless multitudes in vari­ous aspects of life, the state overseer said it was now the turn of Abia people to receive their own blessings from God.

Pastor Umeh empha­sised that this year’s cru­sades with the theme, “The Great Day of His Power to Remember” would as usual be woven around the church’s three-prong min­istry of preaching, teaching and healing.

The crusades which be­gins at Arochukwu town­ship stadium on June 30, at 5:00pm, moves to Local government field, Ebem Ohafia on July 1, at 6:00am. On the same day, at 5:00pm it would be the turn of the people of Isuikwuato area at Uturu secondary school.

The state overseer hinted that Thursday, July 2, would be the turn of the people of Ikwuano at Methodist High School at 6:00am and Umuahia at Event Centre, former Umuahia Main Mar­ket by 5:00pm.

On Friday, July 3, the train would move over to Ovuokwu Secondary School at 6:00am and Obe­hie Central School, Obehie at 5:00pm while the grand finale would be at the Deep­er Life campground near the flyover, Umugo, Aba on Saturday, July 4 at 6:00am