Pastor files N500Million suit on Church member who demanded return of his Lexus SUV after alleged failed prophecy

Following a prophecy, Monday Diamond, a church member identified by ZINGITE, donated his Lexus RX330 to the church. 

The head pastor and general overseer of the God in Action Liberation Mission, Dr. David Emmanuel Ovie, has criticized a church member who demanded the return of his SUV following an alleged false prophecy with a five hundred million naira (N500 million) lawsuit. 

Following a prophecy, Monday Diamond, a church member identified by ZINGITE, donated his Lexus RX330 to the church. 

Temitope informed ZINGITE that for things to go well financially, the pastor of the church at Okuokoko in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State requested him to give up his most valuable property. 

He said, “This pastor told me to sacrifice my most precious property so that things will be working well for me financially which I did by sacrificing my vehicle, Lexus RX330.

“After four months and things had not picked up as he said, my wife called him to know what was happening but he got angry and told me that my wife was rude and that he wanted to refund the money he got when he sold the vehicle – which is N4 million.

“We have been waiting for him to send the money since around December and January but he had refused to do so. We called and texted him but no response, we had to go to the church with a few friends and two soldiers who were not armed, just to accompany us (for security purposes).

“He called the youths of the community to beat us up before handing us over to Ebrumede police station. When we got there, we were detained. We later got bailed with N200,000 before the Divisional Police Officer could hear from us. The DPO called us to his office and we narrated everything to him as the pastor lied to him that we were kidnappers.

“The DPO judged the case in our favour and demanded that the car be refunded or he should pay the N4 million he made from selling the car. He agreed that he would be paying one million naira every week in February so that by month’s end, he would finish paying the money.

“By the second week of March, he still hadn’t paid a penny. Then the IPO in charge of the case called to tell us that the lawyer was pleading on his behalf and that he would be paying one million naira every month end. Then I got angry and said if he (the pastor) wanted to stress me over the money, he should return my car for breaching the agreement we had at the DPO’s office.

“We later heard that he filed a suit against us at Orerokpe High Court. The court was to sit on Monday, April 15 but was adjourned to May 10.

“The lawsuit says he is suing us for N500 million for coming to his church with an army and that the car cannot be returned because it had been sold. And that we are using police from Asaba to threaten him and his members, which is false.”

On the other hand, Temitope claimed that the Applicant (General Overseer) was arrested and detained on January 21, the day he and his friends stormed the church to demand the N4 million he had promised to send, according to a court document that ZINGTIE obtained on Tuesday and signed by one Ogedengbe.

Temitope Monday Diamond is listed as the first respondent in the petition, followed by the Divisional Police Officer of the Ebrumede Police Station in Delta State as the second respondent and the Commissioner of Police of Delta State as the third.

The applicant’s requested relief is as follows, in part: “A declaration that the arrest and detention of the applicant on the 21st day of January, 2024 by officers of the 3rd Respondent attached to the office of the 2nd respondent at the behest of the 1st Respondent is a gross violation of the applicant right to personal liberty guaranteed under section 35 (1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“A declaration that the threatened arrest of the applicant by officers of the 3rd respondent at the instance of the 1st respondent over demand for the return of a car donation made to the God in Action Liberation Mission is a threatened violation of the applicant’s right to personal liberty guaranteed by section 33(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“The sum of five hundred million naira (N500, 000,000.00 only as damages.”

When contacted by SaharaReporters to hear his version of the story, the cleric said, “What I can tell you is that the matter is in court. I charged the matter to court because they came into the church with thugs and started fighting me and trying to harm me.

“It was during a live service in the middle of a wedding; that was when my members started fighting them.

“They came with weapons; knife and battle axe. One of them came with a gun as I was told. We handed them over to the community chairman while he took them to the police station.”

When asked if, as stated in the court document, he had been arrested by the police on January 21, he responded, “My lawyer asked me not to answer any further questions,” 

“I don’t know what the constitution says, I only know the bible,” he added. 

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