The founder and
leader of the International Godsway Church (IGWC), Bishop Daniel Obinim is in
the news again for abusing two youngsters of his church who were said to have
engaged in fornication that resulted in a pregnancy.
A new video
which is circulating online shows the “Angel of God” whipping the two
youngsters with a leather belt during a church service which was televised live
on his OBTV. The incident was said to have happened on Wednesday August 17,
2016.
The crime of the
two said to be around 20 years and 18 respectively were that, they engaged in
sexual relations which resulted in a pregnancy and they secretly terminated it
using a 'crude' method. In the video, many of his followers in the church,
including his musician wife, Florence Obinim were seen laughing as Obinim
whipped the duo for their “sins”.He claimed his “angels” exposed the amorous
relationship between the two to him and that instead of concentrating on
learning a trade, they were rather having sex.Whilst whipping and abusing them
verbally, he said the young man was a student and the girl in question was
learning a trade and therefore would not be able to cater for a child and
wondered why they should be having sex.The girl in an attempt to escape the
beatings sought refuge from Florence Obinim who was sitting on the dais but Obinim’s
‘apostles’ pulled her off and whipped her the more. Obinim who at a point
looked tired asked his apostles to continue with the beatings. Explaining, a spokesperson of the church, Mr.
Osei Oppong Brenya said the two were adopted children of Bishop Obinim and
confirmed the incident indeed did happen in church on Wednesday. He said the
youngman was known as Illiasu, a student whilst the young lady was Gyasiwaa,
who was learning to become a beautician. He said during ‘prophesy time’ in
church on Wednesday, Bishop Obinim called the two and said God had revealed to
him that Illiasu had impregnated Gyasiwaa and they have terminated the
pregnancy, an act he sees as wrong and should not be entertained.“As a father,
when your child does something wrong, what you have to do is to discipline the
child, so he went ahead to discipline them to serve as a deterrent to others
who want to engage in such acts,” Mr Brenya said. He said the video which was
circulating online was rather being used to malign Bishop Obinim.
According to
him, Bishop Obinim was the one who was catering for the upkeep of the two,
including their school fees and that even some of their external family members
were also being housed and catered for by the Bishop.He said as a man of God,
he would therefore not tolerate acts such as terminating a pregnancy and
therefore disagreed with assertions that what he did was unlawful. He said as a
father, punishing your children could be in different forms and that Bishop
Obinim chose what he deemed appropriate for him.
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