Lock down ease: See what Bishop Oyedepo did after declaring churches opened

Bishop Oyedepo has complied with the federal government directives after threatening to open his churches.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo on Sunday complied with the police and government’s orders on religious gathering despite his earlier threat to reopen church.

This reliable online news platform recalls that the police in Ogun State on Saturday warned the Pastor against reopening of his churches nationwide.

The Police’s warning to Bishop Oyedepo comes after the cleric kicked against the continuous shutdown of churches and market opening, he earlier threatened to reopen churches, also declaring churches opened in the midst of the ravaging coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The police had claimed that it had information that some religious leaders in Ogun State were preparing to open their worship centres for people to converge.

The state Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, therefore appealed to such religious leaders to have a change of heart.

However, Oyedepo on Sunday held church service online, contrary to his earlier submission to reopen the church.

In his message titled: ”Commanding the supernatural,” cleric said the “Supernatural is the natural estate of every believer.”

Bishop Oyedepo urged Christians to believe in the word of God because it empowers them to manifest as children of God.