Authorities of the Foursquare Gospel Church have suspend one
of its pastors, Dr Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer at the University of
Lagos, Akoka, who was caught on camera asking a ''17-year-old prospective
student'' for sex.
BBC released a documentary earlier today chronicling the
sexual harrassment female students face in two notable universities in West
Africa, the University of Lagos and The University of Ghana. Igbeneghu was
caught on tape demanding for sex from a 17-year-old ''prospective'' female student who was actually a Nigerian
undercover reporter.
In a statement released this afternoon, the National
Secretary of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Ikechukwu Ugbaja, said appropriate
measures would be taken against Inegbeghu.
The statement reads;
“The attention of the leadership of the Foursquare Gospel
Church in Nigeria has been drawn to a video clip trending on social media
platforms titled, ‘Sex for grades: Undercover in West Africa Universities – BBC
News’ wherein a lecturer at the University of Lagos named Boniface Igbeneghu,
also described as a pastor in Foursquare Gospel Church, was allegedly involved
in sexual misconduct with some female students of the university.
“The general public is hereby informed that as holiness and
Bible-believing church, we do not condone such heinous and unscriptural acts
among our ministers. We totally dissociate ourselves from the purported conduct
of Dr Igbeneghu and promise to take appropriate measures as soon as the ongoing
investigation is concluded.
“Meanwhile, the pastor in question has been asked to step
down from all ministerial assignments.”
