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UK-based Nigerian reality TV personality Natasha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has voiced her disapproval over what she described as inappropriate conduct by some Nigerian Christian religious leaders.
She argued that the actions of many pastors in Nigeria would not be tolerated in other countries, stating that “90 per cent of Nigerian pastors won’t get away with what they do in Nigeria outside the country.”
Tacha made the remarks in response to an ongoing controversy involving the Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, and an incident with a car spotter.
The uproar began after a video clip circulated online, showing Pastor Adefarasin appearing to hold a pistol-shaped object while confronting an individual recording his vehicle. The footage sparked widespread backlash on social media.
Pastor Adefarasin later responded to the incident, stating that the item seen in the video was not a weapon and denying that he pointed it at anyone. He also described the car spotter as being aggressive.
In her reaction, shared via a video post on her X (formerly Twitter) account, Tacha rejected the pastor’s explanation, maintaining that the object in question resembled a pistol and asserting that the individual filming did not appear hostile.
She went on to accuse Pastor Adefarasin of attempting to mislead the public with his statement, saying he was trying to “gaslight” viewers.
She said, “I didn’t want to say anything about the church brouhaha that’s going on until I saw clips from today’s service. Because there’s nothing I hate more than gaslighting. Everybody saw the video. We all saw the video. And from the video, we can tell who the aggressor was.
“In case you have forgotten, this pastor stopped his car, wined down, held an object that looks like a firearm and told this boy, ‘Don’t do that, don’t do that…’
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“And from what I remembered, the boy was even hailing the pastor in that video. There are so many car spotters all around the world. I don’t see what that boy was doing wrong. I don’t see how he was being aggressive. How was he being aggressive?
“Nothing pain me pass the gullible congregation that was clapping and cheering. Because what are you clapping and cheering for?
“Didn’t you watch the video or you have selective blindness? And let me make this very clear, 90 per cent of our Nigerian Pastors will not get away with what they do in Nigeria outside Nigeria. The kind of Christianity they practice, if they try it anywhere outside Nigeria their church will close down within a year.
“Let’s not even go far, if it was Seyi Tinubu or Wike or Wike’s son tthat did this same thing, one part of Twitter would be burning by now and it will burn for one week. But because he is a pastor, some persons are making excuses for him.
“This is the same pastor who allegedly stepped out of his car last year to smash the windscreen of a bus that hit his car putting the passengers at risk. And yet wants to label the content creator as aggressive. So anybody holding a phone now is aggressive? This selective hypocrisy is so crazy. Let’s stop being hypocrites.”
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