COZA Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo And The Several Allegations Against Him

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the lead pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly popularly known as COZA, was recently in the news again after being called out by Nnenna Kalu-Ude, a former choir leader in the church.

Nnenna made several allegations against the COZA Pastor Fatoyinbo such as heading an occultic group, maltreating workers of the church, sexually abusing and molesting women in the church with the knowledge of his wife and many more.

However, before diving into several allegations that have been made concerning the controversial Abuja Pastor, who is he.

Who is Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo?

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo is the lead pastor of the commonwealth of Zion assembly popularly known as COZA. He was born into a family of four on the 1st of January 1976 in Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria.

His father, Mr. Fatoyinbo was a prominent and philanthropic figure in Ilorin until his death in 2017.

Biodun Fatoyinbo attended the University of Ilorin for his tertiary education but was rusticated for joining a secret confraternity and terrorizing the students and staff of the institution. He, however, enrolled at the University of Benin, where he finally obtained his bachelor degree.

Founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA)

Biodun established COZA as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Ilorin, Kwara State at the University of Ilorin in 1999.

He got married to Modele Fatoyinbo in the year 2000, shortly after establishing the COZA. Modele is presently one of the Pastor at COZA and they have four children together.

COZA which started with a very small congregation in Ilorin has presently grown into a megachurch with over 20,000 members, 5 different branches in Ilorin, Lagos, Port Harcourt  Dubai and its headquarters at Abuja.

The church which is one of the leading new generation churches in Nigeria is popularly known for its several humanitarian programs that show love to the people and help those in need.

The church runs an NGO called COZA Care Foundation. The foundation is responsible for organized programs such as Jesus Paid It All: Shop For Free (Yard Sale); and the Leprosarium Outreach.

The Several Allegations Against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

Prior to the recent accusation, Fatoyinbo has always been in the news for one allegation or the other, in 2013, Ese Walter of the Pastor’s Care Unit (PCU) in COZA was the first to publicly out Biodun Fatoyinbo for sexual perversions.

Ese Walter’s  Allegations

The lady narrated on her blog how Pastor Fatoyinbo manipulated her into a sexual relationship, while they were together in London. She confessed that her romance with Fatoyinbo was consensual, but she felt “abused and manipulated” by him and the passive manner the church’s leadership handled the issue after she complained.

Responding to the allegations, Fatoyinbo said: “I’m sure you read something about me in the social network. I’ve been receiving calls from different people even big people in government… They have been advising me; ‘don’t talk, we understand’.

Read my lips: Because I know that there are people here that are not part of us: We are going to speak but we are consulting. We’ll come out with a robust reply…..but for now…we ask God he said ‘don’t talk’…. My destiny is not in anybody’s hands…

He also noted then that some people are trying to bring him down because he is building a new church.

His words:  “Brethren, no one will see our new church building site and not want to bring us down.”

Busola Dakolo’s Accusations

In 2019, Busola Dakolo the wife of the contemporary musician, Timi Dakolo, accused Pastor Fatoyinbo of raping her when she was 17 years old.

Busola made the allegations in an interview with Chude Jideonwo where she revealed that she was raped on two different occasions by the supposed man of God.

She alleged that the pastor raped her for the first time at her parent’s home and at another time in a secluded road path.

“Fatoyinbo showed up at our house unannounced early on a Monday morning and I was still in my nightgown, as my mother had travelled with my sisters and were absent at service the previous Sunday.

“Immediately I opened the door, he just pushed me. He didn’t say anything, he didn’t utter any word, he just pushed me to one of the chairs in my living room.”

“I saw him, he was removing his belt, he just said: ‘keep quiet, do what I want you to do and you will be fine.”

“He didn’t say anything after, left to his car, returned with a bottle of Krest and forced me to drink it, probably as some crude contraceptive.”

She also said he told her, “You should be happy that a man of God did this to you.”

“I have kept quiet over the years. I had to come out to say this because another narrative was being said,” she added.

Responding to the allegations, Pastor Fatoyinbo denied the allegations and he noted that Busola Dakolo and her husband were only trying to blackmail him and the church.

He further stated that all the claim by Busola Dakolo was nonexistent and fallacious.  Also, he threatened that he was going to be filing a lawsuit against the accuser.

Nnenna Kalu-Ude allegations

As stated earlier in the article another accusation was recently made by Nnenna Kalu-Ude, a former choir leader in the church.

Nnenna called out Pastor Fatoyinbo and his wife Modele due to the death of her friend,  Tega Akpofure who was also a chorister in the church and a member of GRATITUDE, a musical team powered by the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA)

In a lengthy post on her Instagram stories, Nnenna outlined how she and others were allegedly maltreated by the church, and the circumstances leading up to her friend’s death.

Ms Kalu-Ude accused the cleric of  suppressing his critics through occultic powers noting that people who want to speak up about the “evil” going on in the church either fall ill or die mysteriously

She further described Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo as a “community penis”, while also noting that his wife Modele was aware of his sexual pervasions, manipulation and abuse.

As of the time of this report, neither the church nor the founder has issued a statement on this latest scandal, rather, comments on their respective Instagram accounts have been restricted.