A Nigerian nurse has recounted an emotional experience from 2016 involving renowned cleric David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, revealing how the encounter nearly shook his faith and commitment to church attendance.
The man, identified on social media platform X as @Nrs_Danie, narrated that he had struggled for years to secure admission into the Lagos State School of Nursing, succeeding only after his fourth attempt. However, his joy was short-lived as he lacked the ₦230,000 required to pay tuition, with school authorities giving him just one month before forfeiting the admission. Eyes Of Lagos reports,
According to his account, he and his mother, who lived in Abule Egba area of Lagos, left home as early as 5 a.m. to travel to Sango Ota, Ogun State, where the church headquarters is located, hoping to seek financial assistance from the cleric.
He explained that they had been active members of the church for about three years, participating in services, prayers, and fasting programmes, which strengthened their belief that they might receive support.
They reportedly positioned themselves along the route where the bishop would pass before his morning service, waiting for an opportunity to speak with him.
When the cleric eventually arrived, the man said he and his mother rushed forward to plead for help but were stopped by security personnel.
He claimed that the bishop responded by advising them to apply for a bursary from the Lagos State Government instead.
The response, he said, left him devastated, considering the emotional and physical effort it took to gain admission after several attempts.
The nurse admitted that the incident affected him deeply and almost caused him to question his faith in God. However, he later came to the realization that religious leaders are human and that faith should be centered on God rather than individuals.
He emphasized that leaving church because of a pastor’s action would mean one’s faith was misplaced.
Despite the disappointment, he eventually completed his nursing education without financial assistance from the cleric and now works abroad as a nurse.
Reflecting on his journey, he said the experience strengthened his belief that personal faith and determination are more important than reliance on any religious figure.
Let me tell you a story I’ve not told anyone but today I am ready:
In 2016, I got admission into Lagos State School of Nursing and I had no way of paying school fees (N230,000), I had one month to forfeit my admission so one morning my mother and i woke up 5am, decided to dress up and go meet Bishop David Oyedepo (GO of winners chapel) and beg him for even half of my school fees. We had been in the church believing, praying, fasting and attending service for three years atleast let me try ask for help.
We got to the church at 6:30am because we live in abuleegba, we had to take long transport to sango Ota (that’s how much I had faith and believe this would work).
Getting to the church my mum and I positioned ourselves close to where Oyedepo will pass when going for his first morning service. I was full of hope and i could see my mum mumbling prayers. We waited for an hour for him to come out and immediately he stepped out, my mum and I were the first to rush to him before others could, he had about 8 men on dark suit guarding him, my mum started screaming “Papa you are our hope, my son papa he just got admission papa help”
I can’t tell you how bad I feel right now thinking and writing about this, I joined my mum to plead too, the men blocked my mum and won’t even let us get an inch close… Oyedepo replied “go ask for bursary from Lagos state government”
I immediately felt weak, my eyes red and tiredness overwhelmed me, I wrote nursing school exam four times and this was the first time i got admission and might be the last!
We left the church that day in silence, my mum couldn’t look at me until we got home, I told her I was going to sleep because we woke up too early but while inside the house I cried so bad that day I almost stopped believing God exist. But do you know what? I told myself Oyedepo is a human and servant of God. God is the master of the universe and Oyedepo doesn’t even come close.
Today I want to tell you that I finished nursing school and I am now abroad working as a nurse, without Oyedepo paying my school fees, trust me it didn’t stop me from going to church 😂 nope I’m sorry the disappoint you, but it made me believe that all pastors are mere mortal and human just like me and you and they have no power like God or Jesus His son. If you leave church because of a pastor it means you were in the wrong church, we have only few church in Nigeria that the presence of God is residing in, all of them are full of politics and agendas but the day you will find a church that lets you serve God and doesn’t force you to pay tithes, threaten you to fast, have classism mentality or judge you based on your presentation…
That day you know that serving God is a personal thing and not a “church” thing, the church is there to preach and guide but your personal relationship with God is the most important!
Thanks for reading 🙏
This story isn’t to make Oyedepo look bad 😂 but those who really gets the story will key into it
But his hard core followers that do not reason with logic will feel attacked 🙏
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