{"id":165447,"date":"2025-06-03T15:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/jesus-didnt-lock-up-critics-deji-adeyanju-blasts-pastor"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:23:53","slug":"jesus-didnt-lock-up-critics-deji-adeyanju-blasts-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jesus-didnt-lock-up-critics-deji-adeyanju-blasts-pastor","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jesus didn\u2019t lock up critics\u2019\u2013 Deji Adeyanju blasts Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lawyer and rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has slammed the founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, for threatening to arrest and detain anyone who writes negative reports about him.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric, in a trending video, accused unnamed bloggers of deliberately twisting his messages and alleged that some members of his church were colluding with them.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor vowed to take firm action against anyone who \u201ccrosses the line,\u201d adding that he would not be moved by pleas for mercy. He insisted that he would deal decisively with those who defy him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy type when I go after people, they will now send people to come and beg. So I\u2019m warning you for the last time. Next time, there will be nothing like a warning if you dare it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA young man, I know you. Your father won\u2019t beg me, I know your father too. Your mother won\u2019t beg me. I will deal with you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause when I pick them and people say, \u2018Why do you go like this?\u2019 You know, people are one kind \u2013 some people will be for me and some people will be against me. But for me, there are always many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m warning all of you who used to be against me. Hear now, because when I go that way, they will say \u2018how can a man of God curse people, go and arrest people, will you do this one?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, when I go the other way, don\u2019t come back to say this man of God is now using the police to arrest people. I will arrest you, I will lock you up. I don\u2019t care. No man of God will pray for you and succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t carry my news. I don\u2019t want your news. You won\u2019t make me popular. Already, I am talking to the world. Good or bad, don\u2019t carry my news. I don\u2019t want you to carry it. Don\u2019t carry news from this church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what they do? They will carry news and incite other bloggers. And some of you in this church are part of it. They plant you inside the church, and instead of you listening to the message and getting blessed, you now pick one thing and twist, say what I didn\u2019t say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy gospel is before you slap, I slap you. I am not that kind of pastor. Young man, I will fight you,\u201d Ibiyeomie said in the trending video.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting on his official X handle on Tuesday, Adeyanju said he was disappointed in Ibiyeomie, accusing him of \u201cde-marketing Christianity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so disappointed in Papa David Ibiyeomie warning and threatening Nigerians not to talk (about) or criticize him or his church else he will lock them up. Who are you sir that people can\u2019t talk about your church or criticize you?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople criticized Jesus and He did not lock them up. And boasting about using police to lock people up, a pastor ooo! These pastors are acting like unbelievers and de-marketing Christianity. They are the reason many people are no longer going to church,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lawyer and rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has slammed the founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, for threatening to arrest and detain anyone who writes negative reports about him. 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