According to him, just like his wife said in an interview that her husband predicted he will cause commotion soon, indeed he has, but the world is just yet to witness it.
Read his experience below:
Ever
since the late Prophet Ireti Ajanaku died, the scandal-ridden church
(Christ Revival Victory International) which is now run by his wife, Joy
Ajanaku, has been in the news for several reasons.
Recently, self proclaimed messiah, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji claimed in an interview
that the late pastor might still be alive if he had been more
respectful towards him, while his wife was recently reported to have
declared that her husband is still alive, albeit, inside her.
With
such an interesting series of events and stories surrounding the
Ajanaku ministry, it was only proper to pay a visit to the church for a
Sunday service.
On February 9, 2014, I arrived
midway into the service, whilst the sermon, ‘sexual curse’ was being
preached. The presiding pastor of the 100+ congregation was the wife of
the late founder.
The ambience was calm as the
members all listened attentively, while some dozed off. Women seemed to
be in charge of more than a chunk of church activities, as men workers
were evidently outnumbered.
Initially, I thought
it was probably the Sunday school bible study that was going on,
considering the fact that a fifth of the available chairs were
unoccupied. Upon inquiring from an elderly lady by my right, I was told
it was the service proper.
I then wondered what
the Pastor Joy meant when she told City People that her husband in his
lifetime predicted that people will come surging to his ministry after
his death. She told the magazine, ‘Even before this death rumour, I
remembered he told the large congregation that he will cause commotion
and the whole world will come to look for him.’
From
the observed attendance rate, maybe the commotion hasn’t started, or
rather, maybe the world hasn’t realised the man has died.
After
the engaging sermon which had the scanty audience engrossed, different
groups of people were called out to kneel down for brief prayer
sessions, while the standby cameraman filmed proceedings.
Once
the service climaxed and the crowd that wanted to see the pastor
reduced, I located the head usher and intimated of him of my intention
to conduct an interview with Mrs Joy, but I was denied the request. He
said with a note of finality that ‘Mummy won’t be talking to journalists
any more.’
Sensing a lost war, I decided against attempting to convince him to grant me access.
As
I walked out of the church, I felt a hasty footstep behind me, which
turned out to be a worker who craved anonymity. She had witnessed my
conversation with the head usher and rushed after me to explain why they
wouldn’t let me speak to ‘Madam’.
She said,
‘The reason why they won’t let you see her is because journalists keep
misinterpreting her comments. Everybody keeps spreading false stories
about us and we have decided to keep to ourselves.’
‘Even if we’re doing something evil, People should leave us alone to God’s judgement.’
‘By
the way, what she meant by saying her husband is still alive is that he
is alive inside her and his power and anointing will continue to
manifest through her,’ she concluded.
I shook
off my earlier feeling of discontent, thanked her, exchanged contacts,
and made my way out of the premises to begin my journey back to whence I
came from, in search of a better understanding of the Ajanaku debacle.
Indeed, the late Prophet is causing commotion, but the world still hasn’t come to witness it yet.Prophet Ireti Ijanaku, the late General Overseer of Christ Revival Victory Chapel International who was also Gospel singer, Tope Alabi's spiritual father died in August 2013after a brief illness in his country home in Gbongan, Osun State.
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