Pastor Oluwaseun Adeboye Alfred, a minister with the Christ Apostolic Church Nigeria, has revealed the circumstances, that led to his abscondment to Canada.
The clergy in an online interview with WesternlifenewsNG narrated how two encounters he had with some religion extremists in Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria forced him to flee Nigeria, to seek protection in a foreign land.
Pastor Alfred began his ministerial work with Ijegun branch of CAC, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria in the year 2000 before he was transferred to Kaduna, to oversee Sabo station church in 2023.
On getting to Kaduna state, after assessing the environment and saw the level of religion intolerance and some unwholesome practices in the area, he decided to relocate his wife and children to Ijoko- Otta, Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria, where his inlaw resides. He thereafter returned to Kaduna state to begin his ministry.
According to Pastor Alfred “In January, 2023, there was an incident, which happened in my church, where a nine years old girl was forced to marry a seventy years old man. The minor, having refused to yield, was almost beaten to a pulp. The ugly incident however attracted my attention and intervened by supporting the stand of the abused.
He disclosed that his preaching against such act didn’t go down well with the people, who considered the practice as part of their culture, adding that his antagonism to the practice was the beginning of a cold war between him and some unreasonable members of the community.
Pastor Albert said he took final decision to flee Nigeria, in order to save his life, when his preaching against the barbaric act of a group of Hausa boys, against one Mrs Halimat Audu, an alleged bisexual, who is now in the custody of the Police at the Sabo Police Station in Kaduna state.
“This alleged bisexual was attacked by some Arab group of Hausa boys led by one Alhaji Aminu Dongoyaro, (a fanatical Muslim, who is a retired Superintendent of Police),” he said.
He further informed the online medium that when the Mrs Audu’s incident happened, he preached against it as a Pastor that the woman should not be killed and this infuriated Alhaji Dongoyaro who reported him to the police as a bisexual pastor.
“As a result of this, my only was to escape from Nigeria and fled to Canada where I am currently seeking protection from the Canadian authority as I am no longer safe in Nigeria,” he said.
