Despite his apology, Wale Jana, member of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) and CEO of Sapphire Group, has incurred the wrath of customers over his defensive stance on the rape allegations against Biodun Fatoyinbo, his senior pastor.
Two of his customers have taken to social media platforms to share videos where they can be seen destroying expensive wares and jewelry purchased from his store after the businessman made comments that were perceived as being supportive of Fatoyinbo.
This is how upset I am @walejana It may not end your business or reduce your bank account but I now dont have to live with them. YOU ARE WRONG. pic.twitter.com/h5firJ7q1G
— DIMBO ATIYA (@heyDimbo) June 28, 2019
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They also reportedly dubbed him a “bum kisser” and a “rapist’s apologist”, swearing never to patronise his brand again.
In the wake of rape claims against Fatoyinbo, Jana had dismissed the narrative of Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of Timi Dakolo, as “porous”. He also criticized the duo on the premise of their past romantic involvements.
“Timi and Busola Dakolo are not saints, she was a choir member and Timi was a choir leader in church when she got pregnant with her first baby. Timi denied that they weren’t having an affair and then she got pregnant the second time,” he had written in a now-deleted post.
“That was when the church forced them to get married. This chorister was sleeping with her choirmaster and was a baby mama with two kids before they got married.
“These are morally bankrupt people and all that talk in the video will not hold water under cross-examination. Timi and Busola have a lot of skeletons and they both live in glass houses and they are busy throwing stones.”
Following the outrage and brand damage that met his comments, Jana issued a statement of apology.
“There has been lots of misunderstanding due to my earlier post. I apologize to everyone my previous post has offended as it is insensitive to the victims of rape,” he wrote via his social media handles.
Meanwhile, a huge number of Nigerians have demanded that Fatoyinbo step down from his position as the senior pastor — using the hashtag #PastorStepDown.
They also vowed to storm the headquarters of his church in Abuja on Sunday to protest.
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it is only a foolish person that would lead or join in a match on something like this.
How many people have matched to Aso Rock to talk about the killings in the country especially of fellow Christian.
I don’t see the sense in this.
People should learn to fight for meaningful things or reasons & not quarrels of husbands & wives, boyfriends & girlfriends.
Focus on how to bring progress in the body of Christ. Leave the rest to God to judge.
Wait a minute all these hate judgement and anger because of a single story!!!
Really!!!!
What happened to the saying of “innocent until proven otherwise”??
Is like that doesn’t apply for this case!!!
Waoooooooo!!!!
Nigeria Indeed is the world headquarter of JUNGLE JUSTICE SYSTEM