Bidoun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly COZA, is still in police custody, eight hours after he was grilled on Tuesday August 27, by detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Abuja, in connection with the rape allegations levelled against him by Timi Dakolo’s wife, Busola Dakolo.
Fatoyinbo was granted administrative bail around 9pm on Tuesday but is still in police custody as he is yet to meet his bail conditions.
He is still with us, but I can’t say if he would be released tonight. It depends on if he meets the bail conditions that would be given to him, but he has been granted administrative bail.” Frank Mba, the police force spokesperson said .
Apart from Fatoyinbo, two witnesses: Mr. Wole Soetan, pastor of COZA Port Harcourt branch; and Mr. Folarin Ogunsola, who is in charge of COZA Lagos branch, were also grilled by the police detectives.
Fatoyinbo’s interrogation is coming weeks after he shunned an invitation extended to him by police officers probing the allegations.
The pastor had also shunned a panel set up by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to investigate the rape allegations, stating that he was advised by his lawyers not to appear before the panel because it was prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session.
The cleric in a statement last Friday, however, said he could appear before the panel after the police investigations.