Ondo state Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa has ordered that clergy at the government house chapel should stop wearing cassock but rather stick to regular traditional attires during service.
The Governor is also said to have imported some marabouts from India to become clergymen in the chapel.
This bold and audacious move that is only comparable to that of Nebuchadnezzar, have seen Christians within and outside Ondo state asking if the Governor would have dared to wield such authority within a Mosque?
This sweeping directive challenges the entrenched doctrines upheld by Orthodox Churches, igniting a maelstrom of doubt and apprehension.
Many ponder whether this decree signals a bid to sideline and subjugate Christians within the precincts of the Ondo State Government House, potentially paving the way for the infiltration of unfamiliar beliefs.
It is important to note that the Government House Chapel predates Governor Aiyedatiwa’s tenure. It is equally worthy of note to state that none of his predecessor, be it an Executive Governor or Military Administrator, had dared to enact such a seismic shift from the norm.
A call has however gone to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to rise up against what is perceived as a grievous affront to the tenets of Christianity.
Adding to the intrigue, Aiyedatiwa proclaimed one fateful morning that he had been anointed by God to assume the mantle of General Overseer (GO) of the chapel.
His subsequent participation in conducting last week’s Sunday service casts doubt upon his jurisdiction in matters of faith, casting a pall of uncertainty over Orthodox Churches.
But beyond this, the governor is said to have imported some strange-looking creatures to form part of the clergy.
” An inside source disclosed that the men were indeed imported from India as part of a larger team of prayer warriors ahead of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress.
An elder in the chapel, who pleaded not to be named, said the governor has become paranoid about how church matters are run in the chapel.
“It is surprising what is driving the governor recently. He is carrying out changes that are aliens to the order of service in the chapel.
” Recently, some strange people were brought into the chapel. Some people said they were part of of his prayer warriors. It was later that we gathered that they were from India. We have never seen anything like this before,” the elder said.
