Pastor Augustine Oso Ebosele
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Nigerian pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries, Augustine Oso Ebosele was
given the disgrace of a lifetime after he was teargassed, bundled and
deported from Zambia to Nigeria.
A video clip showing the sad moment a team of Zambian police and
immigration officials teargassed and forced an Omega Fire Ministries
pastor out of his home in Zambia alongside his pregnant wife has been
revealed.
Pastor Augustine Oso Ebosele who leads the church in Zambia was
accosted by immigration officials at his home where he locked himself
from being deported.
Zambian government accused the pastor of overstaying in the country
after the expiration of his four-year work permit in June. However,
instead of renewing the permit, the Zambian immigration authorities gave
the pastor four months extension to wind up his activities and leave
for allegedly preaching against the President of the country.
According to the Zambian Observer, Obosele’s ‘quit notice’ comes on
the heels of the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire
Ministries International, Apostle Suleman's claim that Zambia is one of
the nations in the world that deports Nigerians through ‘Zambianisation’
to take over their successful ‘massive’ investments.
He alleged that Nigerian churches that are growing including his
own with branches in Chingola, Ndola and Livingstone are being targeted
to remove pastors sent by him.
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services who is also
Chief government spokesperson, Kampamba Mulenga, described the
allegations as baseless.
She said Zambia has not closed Omega Fire Ministries and is not
against Nigerian Pastors, adding that Omega Fire Ministries Headquarters
in Auchi, Nigeria is free to send a senior pastor to come and help
reconcile the membership in Lusaka.
The cleric claimed he is being targeted by government officials for refusing to pay K30,000 bribe to facilitate his stay.
He said that he had presented tangible evidence of corruption to
both the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Religious and
National Guidance but that it was largely ignored.
Omega fire pastor teargased and bundled into a car like a criminal before being deported to Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/Rjhzqvp4w0— Ubani Chijioke (@thandiubani) November 3, 2017
The cleric also alleged that some expelled members of his church
had reported falsehoods about him to the ministry, which they
investigated but did not find any fault.
“I got a call from one man from Religious Affairs. This man can
call thirty times in one minute, I don’t know how much they gave him. I
went to the office to see him at his office, there he accused me of a
lot and lots of things.
“From there he told me that I needed to cooperate with him
because my deportation order is already on his table. He said if I don’t
cooperate he would have me deported and I should give him K30, 000, to
which I questioned whether it was his ministry that deported people,” he told Lusaka Times.
Pastor Obosele said that when his documents were up for renewal, he
submitted to the Immigration but that he had found it difficult as was
promised to get his papers cleared.
Apostle Johnson Suleman in his reaction
as warned the Zambian government that they are playing with fire as the
government's action is capable of incurring God's wrath.
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