Busola in a tell-all interview released in June, accused Fatoyinbo of raping her when she was a teenager attending his church in Ilorin, Kwara state.

The clergyman in August faced questioning by the police at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki Area 10, Abuja, where he was grilled by a team of detectives led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Adaku Anya.

Pastor Biodun was grilled for eight hours yesterday August 27, by detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Abuja, in connection with the rape allegations levelled against him by Timi Dakolo’s wife, Busola Dakolo.

Fatoyinbo was granted administrative bail around 9pm on Tuesday but is still in police custody as he is yet to meet his bail conditions.

Frank Mba, the police force spokesperson said “He is still with us, but I can’t say if he would be released tonight. It depends on if he meets the bail conditions that would be given to him, but he has been granted administrative bail.”

Apart from Fatoyinbo, two witnesses: Mr. Wole Soetan, pastor of COZA Port Harcourt branch; and Mr. Folarin Ogunsola, who is in charge of COZA Lagos branch, were also grilled by the police detectives

Sources confirmed that Dakolo was also being interviewed by detectives to shed more light on the alleged rape which reportedly occurred when she was a teenager.

This is coming weeks after the cleric shunned an invitation extended to him by police officers probing the allegations.

The flamboyant pastor had also shunned a panel set up by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to investigate the rape allegations, stating that he was advised by his lawyers not to appear before the panel because it was prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session.

The cleric in a statement last Friday, however, said he could appear before the panel after the police investigations.

The PFN had disclosed on Thursday that its probe into the allegations against Fatoyinbo was inconclusive because he failed to honour the invitation to appear before the panel.

But the Senior Assistant to the COZA Pastor, Ademola Adetuberu, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, disclosed that the legal advice was also premised on the statement issued and personally signed by the PFN President, Bishop Felix Omobude, “where our Pastor was publicly disowned.”

When contacted, the deputy Force spokesman, Adeniran Aremu promised to find out and provide an update on the interrogations.

The PFN said because he refused to appear before the panel, the probe had been declared inconclusive.

According to PFN National Publicity Secretary, Bishop Emma Isong, who spoke with newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, Busola and her husband, Timi Dakolo appeared before the panel while Fatoyinbo did not.

Busola Dakolo had accused Fatoyinbo of raping her 20 years ago in Ilorin, Kwara State when she was still 17 years old leading Fatoyinbo to step down briefly from the alter, but all seems to have returned to normal now.

The incident reportedly happened three weeks after she had filed a rape allegation against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo.

The UK Guardian reported, “The charges against the Dakolos were brought by a special police branch in a counter-case filed by COZA, despite investigations stalling on the initial case.”

In an interview with The UK Guardian, Mrs. Dakolo said on the day of her encounter with the policemen who she said trailed her to her home in a silver Toyota and white minibus with tinted glass, she was asked to sign a letter.

She noted that neither vehicle had any Police markings.

According to Dakolo, a man appeared and told her to get out of the car, get into the bus and speak to his boss. A request she claimed to have rejected.

Busola said that was when three men got out of the minibus and walked towards her.

“One was holding a gun, and I noticed a second one holding a letter.

“They told me they were from IG’s (Inspector-General of Police) office in Abuja and that I needed to sign the letter and acknowledge it,” she said.

The letter purportedly contained allegations of criminal conspiracy, falsehood, mischief and threat to life.

The UK Guardian did not claim to have spoken with any Police authority over the incidence. Rather, it stated, “In response to condemnation of the delivery of the Dakolos’ letters, the Nigerian Police Force put out a statement saying: ‘A Police invitation letter is not synonymous with a warrant of arrest, and must not be construed to be one.

“Rather, it is a polite investigative tool used in eliciting information voluntarily from parties to aid police investigations.’”

The medium added that the charges against the Dakolos were brought by “a special Police branch in a counter-case filed by Coza, despite investigations stalling on the initial case.”

Insideojodu recalls that Busola had accused Fatoyinbo of sexually assaulting her in her mother’s house about 20 years ago when she was a teenager and a minor, claiming that the act was repeated at least once thereafter.

The incident led to the protest of COZA by human rights activists, sequel to which Fatoyinbo temporarily stepped down.

The pastor denied Busola’s claims, saying, “Even as an unbeliever, I did not rape anybody.”

Meanwhile, Fatoyinbo resumed his duties at COZA after a month of announcing his decision to step down.

This is coming after the police summoned Timi Dakolo and his wife, Busola to Abuja on Tuesday over alleged falsehood, mischief and threat to life and criminal conspiracy.

The first lady reacted to this on her Twitter handle by tweeting “ATTENTION : INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE #SayNoToRape #JusticeForRapeVictims #SayNoToIntimidation,”

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has given the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) two weeks to submit its report on Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo investigation.

The PFN had constituted a probe panel after the interview Busola granted in which she made the claim that she was raped by the COZA senior pastor.

Reverend Ayokunle said “We have told you without mincing words that we will never support immorality in whatever form, it is alien to the culture of the church, to the teachings of Christ. And there is no pulpit that I know in Nigeria that the members are taught immorality, but we will not condemn until we have reasons to condemn, let the panel come out with the result let’s know what the truth is. I told you in the press release we issued that we have given the right to Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) because we don’t deal with individual churches, we deal with blocs.

We have directed PFN, an arm of a bloc, which is also large enough to investigate that matter. I am telling you under God that PFN has set up that panel and that panel had been given two weeks within which to submit its report. Not only that, the two individuals involved have been invited by the committee and we are assuring them that nothing will be covered.”

Kizz Daniel’s lawyers have served papers to Vanguard Media Limited. The papers shows his team ask for N100 million in reputation damages caused by the defaming publication, which was about him weighing in on the trending story about Busola Dakolo and COZA founder, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.

Here are the papers

The music star made this known via his Instagram page, he said, at no point did he grant any interview where he declared his support for Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.

He wrote “God will punish you both now and in eternity @iamkyno — you and all the people behind you. I’m coming for you with all I’ve got Oga and I swear, you go feel am. My attention has been drawn to a publication by the Vanguard newspaper stating that I took sides with the embattled Pastor of COZA, Abidoudn Fatoyinbo. I will like to categorically state that I never granted an interview with Vanguard or any newspaper. I am currently busy on tour in the US and haven’t had the time to discuss the issue in my closet let alone call industry mates names. Please disregard this news article making rounds. It is false and fabricated, I have not spoken to any journalist regarding the said matter or any other matter including music in recent times. Any platform(s) that publishes this news or any unverified news about Kizz Daniel and FlyBoy INC. will face legal action. And as for you @iamkyno pls run away as far as you can, I beg you ?? @vanguardnews bastards!!!! @iamtimiblaq ti e ma baje patapata ni awsr,”

Timi said Nigerians’ support and love for his wife has sparked a movement called #NotInMyChurch.

The singer took to his Instagram page to appreciate his fans and everyone who has been supportive since his wife decided to tell her story.

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