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A Nollywood actress, Judith Ezeonye Idu has called
the Pastor and Founder of The Lord`s Chosen
Charismatic Revival Ministry, Pastor Lazarus
Muoka an anti-Christ for hypnotizing his members
and deceiving them into parting with their hard
earned resources in the name of receiving
miracles.
The actress who recounted her ordeal with Pastor
Muoka said she lost everything she had ever
worked for to the pastor while she was a member
of the church.
She however denied stories which she alleged
were being sponsored by the church to discredit
her following her revelations about the workings
of the Pastor. A publication allegedly sponsored by
the church, Society Watch magazine, in its
September issue wrote that Judith Idu was a
prostitute who also bought a baby boy at the a
price of N50,000 in a bid to please her husband
who wanted a child from their union. Speaking at
her Ijesha Expressway shop recently, Judith said:
“The whole story is coming out of The Lord`s
Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry, the church
owned by Pastor Lazarus Muoka. That is a man
who called himself a servant of God and who I
once worked with for more than five years. I was
very close to him and his wife. So how can a man
of God do what he is doing, telling the whole world
that I was once a prostitute and that I bought a
child, a boy, for N50,000?”
Narrating how she became a member of the
church, Judith told our reporter that she joined the
more than two decades ago and started the idea
of overall apron which the members wear to
advertise the church and its programmes: “I came
to the church in 1990 and started that Apron the
members wear. I was in the church until I found
out all the atrocities [committed by Muoka];
telling us one thing and doing another thing. And
when I left, Muoka started to threaten my life. He
has sued me and is claiming one billion naira libel
from me. Festus Keyamo is my lawyer.”
She continued: “I met my husband in 1985,
married him in 1992 and gave birth to our first
child in 1993 but lost her to death. And another
came in 1995 and also died. But I have two girls
now. We had our last child in 2011. I was a
footballer and a woman leader at Berger where
they sell tokunbo cars aroundWharf Road. Let
Nigerians investigate if I have ever been a
prostitute before or if I ever lived in a hotel. I lost
everything when I went toChosen. I tell you,
Muoka is a deceiver. Since I left the church I am
now lively. For Muoka to put me in his paper that I
bought a child and that I was once a prostitute, I
do not know if this was when I was in his church
serving him, or before I met my husband who, like
I said before, I met in 1985. For four years and
eight months I lived with Muoka. I don’t have a
baby boy. My children are two girls. If he knew
where to buy such at that price, I would like to buy
because I need a boy. Can Pastors Kumuyi and
Adeboye do what he is doing, saying these things
against me and taking me to court? Let CAN and
government look into this matter.
“I was rich before I went toChosenbut now I am
begging. Imagine people are in his church from
morning till night doing nothing. He is obtaining
them, carrying our money toLondonandAmerica,
building houses. All his children are inLondonand
people are here dying of hunger. Since I left his
church my life has changed. How can a man of
God charge me to court for kidnapping and
murder just to frustrate me out of life, just to go
back to him? I prefer to beg with a plate than go
back toChosen, for Chosen is a slave camp. I am
the founder of that Apron; the cost price is N150
but they sell it N5,600 to members. I used to
make money for him; I know his secrets and God
will surely expose him. Muoka is an anti-Christ; he
is not a man of God. How can a man of God be
going to court and police? Even if I were a
prostitute, is it good he puts it in his paper and be
selling it?”
“Imagine someone who calls himself a man of God
suing me for N1 billion at the High Court,
Igbosere. He sued me and my husband on
different charges. I am crying to Christians all over
the world and to Nigerians: is it a crime to leave
him after serving him for seven years? Am I the
only woman inNigeria? Let him look for another
person? I am married. Muoka is fake. Most of what
he does is magic. He puts me in his paper that I
was mad for five years and that he cured me. He
is a deceiver. Chosen is like another prison,” she
thundered.
But in a swift reaction, the Public Relations Officer
of the ,who gave his name as Pastor Chidi, denied
that the church has a hand in Juliet`s woes with
the Society Watch magazine. He told us the
church’s position on the matter: “That paper did
not come from us. The matter is even in court and
I am not supposed to comment on it otherwise I
would be going against the order of the court.
“The court bars us from such comments; that was
why I asked which paper you write for. That was
why I said let me see you, and let me know you.”
Rhetorically, the church’s spokesman asked our
reporter, “Did you read it? Do you have a copy? It
didn’t originate from us. Is this the lady? But this
one does not resemble her but this other one does
(pointing to a copy of the magazine before him).
She should sue them na. It is not from us. It has
nothing to do with our church o. Yes, we have
three or four cases against her. The case that
should come up the day before didn’t hold
(referring to one of the court cases). I do not know
anything about the baby issue. If any publication
is going out of this church I must know about it. It
is not a publication of this church. There is
nothing like Society Watch among our
publications. If we want to talk about her or
anybody we have means to do that. We have even
the major newspapers; there is no editor you can
talk of, ask of me they will tell you. So if I want to
take her public I know how to do that. I have
friends everywhere. Even if she wants to write,
she cannot go to the major newspapers because
the editors will call me. If I want anything about
her published I know where to go to, and we also
have our internal publications, three or four of
them. There is nothing like Society Watch in our
publications. Maybe some of our people who are
just overzealous publish it and people buy it. I am
not saying that some of our members could have
done it. They can go to a paper with such stories
but it is not authorized by our church. Where is
the paper? I am interested in it,” Pastor Chidi
concluded