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US Embassy reportedly denies bishop oyedepo visa

Pastor Enoch Adeboye

The founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun state and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo, was reportedly denied a visa by the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States of America [USA] on Thursday, 30th January 2020.

Popular comedian Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi, was lucky with the embassy as he was issued the visa but his wife, Kris Asimonye, was not as lucky as she was denied the travelling document.

According to THISDAY, the embassy did not give any other reason except the standard default explanation that the Bishop did not qualify for visa renewal in its assessment and urged him to try again.

The obviously angry and flustered preacher and businessman reportedly created a scene over the denial of the US visa as he queries the stance of the embassy.

According to an insider, Bishop Oyedepo told the Embassy that he had been travelling to the states as far back as the 1980s and had not violated any rules or committed any crime to have warranted being denied a renewal of his visa.

According to the source, he immediately sent for his bodyguards to get his phones so he could make some calls, but the embassy allegedly told him he could not make calls within the precincts of the visa-issuing section of the embassy.

According to THISDAY, a staff of the embassy in the media department requested that an email be sent with the questions and promised to respond as soon as possible when the Embassy was contacted for clarifications on why the popular Bishop was denied the visa.

Curiously, the embassy, believed to be swift to responding to emails, neither acknowledged nor responded to the email sent since 5.05p.m. yesterday till the newspaper went to bed.

Embassy sources however hinted of the possibility that the popular preacher might have made some calls to individuals that would intervene on his behalf and the visa eventually issued.

In the mail sent by THISDAY, three questions were asked:

“One, we understand that there was serious drama earlier today, when Bishop David Oyedepo was denied the US visa. However, because we could verify our facts from other applicants at the embassy today, our question, therefore, is on what grounds was a Bishop Oyedepo, known across the globe, denied a visa?

“Our sources in-house had also hinted that given his connection, the CG might likely be contacted and his visa might be issued eventually through a referral. If that’s true, why deny him in the first place?

“We also learnt that the trend of denying prominent Nigerians visa is rampant now, including the Abuja embassy. Is it part of plans to clampdown on Nigerians of a certain category and social status and on what basis?”


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