Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), has finally given the reasons for why he shunned the panel that was set up by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to probe the rape allegations levelled against him by Busola Dakolo.
Recall that Busola who is the wife of singer, Timi Dakolo claimed the renowned pastor raped her multiple times while they were staying in Kwara. While the brouhaha has been going on, Fatoyinbo kept quiet through it all and this forced the PFN to set up a committee to investigate into the issue. However, Fatoyinbo refused to show up at the probe. The pastor through a statement released by his Senior Assistant, Ademola Adetuberu, said he failed to honour the panel’s invitations because his lawyers realised the sitting might be unfair as the Christian body before constituting the panel, had disowned him.
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In the statement, they said: “We recall that when Pastor Fatoyinbo was invited by a phone call a few days ago by Pastor Akinola Akinwale, who is the National Administrative Secretary of PFN, we explained that our Pastor would not honour the invitation due to legal advice hinged on the ongoing police investigation. The legal advice was also premised on the press statement issued and personally signed by the PFN President, Bishop Felix Omobude, where our Pastor was publicly disowned. Based on the foregoing, we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the PFN was already prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session. According to the report, Rev. Omobude, whom we hold in high esteem, went further to crucify our Pastor without seeking to know his side of the story on the matter. 
With all due respect, we consider this a prejudicial position in dispensing justice and fairness. Even our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were given an opportunity for a fair hearing by the Kangaroo panel set up with the prime motive of condemning Him to death.” He went on to add that he would appear before the panel when the police conclude their investigation. In the statement, they said: “Once the police investigation is over, our Pastor is ready to honour the invitation. We have also been legally advised to deploy judicial intervention to clear our Pastor as soon as possible, and the process has commenced in earnest.”
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