The news dedicated to winners chapel int'l and its plans to establish
school in the UK, the BBC introduced under the headline "Nigerian
witchcraft Church in bid to open Kent school" What exactly have Nigeria done wrong to deserve this accolade of embarrassments from the int'l media. A Nigerian church accused of linking poor discipline to witchcraft wants to open an independent school in Kent.
Winners' Chapel International, which is currently under investigation by the Charity Commission, wants to open the school at its Dartford site.
Human rights campaigners and the National Secular Society are urging the government to turn down the school bid.
The church, whose leader Bishop David Oyedpo was filmed accusing a woman of being a witch, declined an interview.
The organisation, which has its headquarters in Nigeria, is known as Living Faith Church Worldwide and also Winners' Chapel International (WCI).
Bishop Oyedepo, its leader in Nigeria, has been shown on YouTube slapping a woman and accusing her of being a witch.
His son David Oyedepo Junior is the pastor at WCI's European headquarters in Dartford, where the church organisation wants to open Kingdom Heritage Model School for children aged four to seven.
But groups including the National Secular Society (NSS) have raised concerns amid claims the church links child "disobedience" to witchcraft - citing the David Oyedepo Ministries website, which states "disobedience is as terrible as witchcraft".
Stephen Evans, from the NSS, said the Metropolitan Police had investigated 27 cases of child abuse related to witchcraft this year.
He said: "There's a need to be vigilant and there's a need to tackle this.
"You don't do this by allowing organisations that believe in witchcraft and are associated with witch-hunting to open in the UK."
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COMMENTS
Enyinda Nathaniel Okey
my
personal grouse is that nobody wants to set up any industry for the
teeming unemployed... it is all about schools and universities... before we know it.. the very private school they want to establish abroad will be attended by Nigerians....